Estate of Brown v. Arc Music Group

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HARRY D. LEINENWEBER, District Judge.

The late Joe Brown was a musician and founder of three Chicago record labels, the first in 1949. Brown died in 1976. In 2008, his son, Michael Brown, began looking into his father’s various recordings and became convinced that his father’s Estate was due fees and royalties for songs his father produced. Brown subsequently was appointed the independent administrator of his father’s estate, (hereinafter, “the Estate,” or “Plaintiff.”)

The Estate brought the instant Complaint alleging, inter alia, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud,…