Legal Opinion
Arthur Young & Company v. City of Richmond
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1990No. 89-2963PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Arthur Young & Company appeals the district court’s dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of Arthur Young’s action against the City of Richmond for copyright infringement and various state law claims. The district court reasoned that the case “plainly and essentially” involved a state law contract dispute, requiring no construction of federal copyright law, and accordingly granted the City’s motion for dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1). We now reverse and remand the ease for further proceedings in the district court.
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This dispute arose out of a 1984…
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