Legal Opinion
BMG Music v. Martinez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1996No. 94-60718PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The defendants/appellants ask this Court to review the district court’s award of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs/ap-pellees. After a review of the record, we find that the appellants did not produce facts sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact and, accordingly, we AFFIRM.
I
In August 1989, BMG Music and CBS Records, Inc., 1 the plaintiffiappellees, filed suit against Musiofertas Cassettes (Musiofer-tas) for willful copyright infringement. Hugo Adrian Martinez (Hugo), the defendant/appellant, and Julio Alvarez, his brother, were partners in this…
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