Legal Opinion
Ritchie v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2005No. 03-1279PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from a dispute between a singer-songwriter known as “Kid Rock” (Robert Ritchie) and a promoter, Alvin Williams, and his group of associates, who entered into a series of music contracts in 1989 before Kid Rock became successful. The primary questions before us are (1) whether the District Court erred in holding that a Michigan state court -action, arising from the contracts, by the Williams group against Kid Rock is preempted by the Copyright Act under the developing doctrine of “complete preemption” and hence removable to the federal court as…
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