Legal Opinion
Estate of Ellington Ex Rel. Ellington v. EMI Music Publishing
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 19, 2003No. 03 Civ. 2911(JGK)(GWG)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
KOELTL, District Judge.
The defendants and interpleader plaintiffs, EMI Mills Music and Music Cata-logue Partnership (collectively “EMI”) have moved for an order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1335 and 2361 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 22 awarding them the costs and attorneys’ fees incurred in the interpleader action.
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This dispute is over royalties earned by Duke Ellington. The Estate of Mercer Ellington, by its Executrix Lene Ellington (“the Estate”), claims rights to an alleged ly disputed 40% of royalties from Duke Ellington compositions and has sued EMI, who administers…
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