Legal Opinion
Mills Music, Inc. v. State of Arizona and Arizona Coliseum and Exposition Center Board, a Body Politic Under and by Virtue of the State of Arizona
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1979No. 75-3630PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCAS, District Judge:
The State of Arizona and the Arizona Coliseum and Exposition Center Board (“Coliseum Board”) appeal from a joint judgment awarding the plaintiff, Mills Music, Inc. (“Mills”), $75,000 in damages for willful copyright infringement and $25,000 in attorney’s fees. Appellants’ sole contention on appeal is that the Eleventh Amendment precludes an award of damages and attorney’s fees against a state and one of its political agencies.
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FACTS
Mills brought suit in federal court on June 14, 1973 charging Arizona and the Coliseum Board with deliberate infringement of Mills’…
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