Roger M. Gordon v. Vincent Youmans, Inc. And Miller Music Corporation

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

This is a diversity action in which plaintiff-appellee, the son of lyric writer Mack Gordon, seeks a declaratory judgment establishing him as a 50% owner of a % interest in the renewal copyright of the musical composition “Time On My Hands, You In My Arms.” “Time On My Hands” was composed by Vincent Youmans; Mack Gordon collaborated with Harold Adamson on the lyrics. A partial summary judgment was awarded to appellee on the ground that there was no valid and subsisting assignment from Mack Gordon to either of the appellants.1 Upon an express determination that there was no…