Legal Opinion
Yount v. Acuff Rose-Opryland
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 24, 1996No. Nos. 95-56072, 95-56151, 95-56563PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:
Robert Gene Yount and his son, Robert Blue Yount, brought this action to recover both domestic and foreign royalties for the song “Release Me” during the renewal copyright period.1 James B. McCall, Geraldine McCall Silva, and Deborah McCall Aleto (the McCalls) asserted that they were entitled to those royalties because Yount had assigned all royalties from “Release Me” to their predecessor in interest, W.S. Stevenson.2 The district court determined that Yount was entitled to the domestic royalties because the assignment of them had not referred to the renewal…
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