Legal Opinion
Keith v. Scruggs
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 25, 1981No. 80 Civ 5095 (GLG)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOETTEL, District Judge:
The events that form the basis of this action date back to 1963. Plaintiff William Bradford Keith (“Keith”), then a college student and avid admirer of defendant Earl Scruggs (“Scruggs”), an internationally renowned banjo player, approached Scruggs with a collection of “tablature” transcriptions of Scruggs’s music that Keith had written and assembled. Plaintiff alleges that, on Scruggs’s invitation, he entered into an oral agreement with Scruggs whereby he agreed to assist in the preparation of a banjo instruction book and record album in exchange for a share of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gully v. First Nat. Bank in MeridianSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- T. B. Harms Company v. Edward Eliscu and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Warner Bros. Records, Inc. v. R. A. Ridges Distributing Co., Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- Elan Associates, Ltd. v. Quackenbush Music, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1972
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Shirley Goodman v. Audrey Lee and Nikki N. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Merchant v. LevyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Merchant v. LevyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
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