Legal Opinion
Ronnie Van Zant, Inc. v. Cleopatra Records, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 10, 2018No. Docket No. 17-2849; August Term 2017PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
*255Background
The Lynyrd Skynyrd band . Lynyrd Skynyrd was a rock band founded in the 1960s by Ronnie Van Zant ("Ronnie"), Gary R. Rossington, and Allen Collins. "The name Lynyrd Skynyrd was chosen as a spoof on the name of their high school gym teacher and is pronounced [as if it were spelled] Leonard Skinnerd." Grondin v. Rossington , 690 F.Supp. 200, 202 (S.D.N.Y. 1988). Artimus Pyle, an individual critical to the issues in the pending appeal, joined the band as a drummer in 1975. Ronnie led the band, was lead singer, and wrote 50 percent of the songs. On October 20, 1977, an airplane carrying…
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