Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Capitol Records, LLC

District Court, W.D. Kentucky

Decided December 18, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:15–CV–00174–JHMPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., Chief Judge

This matter is before the Court on two motions for partial summary judgment by defendants Capitol Records, LLC ("Capitol") and Andre Romelle Young p/k/a Dr. *675Dre d/b/a N.W.A. ("Young") (DN 88, 91), as well as a motion by the same defendants for leave to file supplemental authority. (DN 113.) These motions are ripe for decision.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Leroy Mitchell is a singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed under the name "Prince Phillip Mitchell." (Pl.'s Second Amend. Compl. [DN 116] ¶ 1.) Mitchell is the sole proprietor of Hot Stuff…

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