Legal Opinion
Tempo Music, Inc. v. Famous Music Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 14, 1994No. 90 Civ. 5121 (LBS)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAND, District Judge.
Third-party plaintiffs, Famous Music Corporation and Mercer Ellington (collectively “the Ellington Estate”), filed a third-party complaint against third-party defendant, Gregory A. Morris, executor of.the Billy Strayhorn estate (“the Strayhorn Estate”) claiming copyright ownership of and entitlement to royalties from particular versions of the jazz classic, Satin Doll. This Court has ancillary jurisdiction over the third-party claim by virtue of the fact that federal jurisdiction exists over the original action, predicated under the federal copyright laws.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Durham Industries, Inc. v. Tomy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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