Legal Opinion
SongByrd, Inc. v. Bearsville Records, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1997No. 96-30670PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant SongByrd, Inc. (Song-Byrd) appeals from the district court’s dismissal of its action seeking to recover from Defendant-Appellee the Estate of Albert B. Grossman d/b/a Bearsville Records (Bears-ville), several master tapes recorded by a legendary New Orleans musician. Concluding that (1) the district court improperly classified SongByrd’s suit as a personal rather than a real action, (2) real actions are imprescriptible under Louisiana law, and (3) Bearsville has yet to establish that it gave SongByrd’s predecessors-in-interest actual notice of…
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