Estate of Nell G. Pepper v. Nancy Whitehead

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, the Estate of Sterling Gary Pepper and the Estate of Nell G. Pepper (the Estates), appeal the district court’s order granting Nancy Pease Whitehead and the Pease Family Partnership’s (the defendants) motion for summary judgment. We reverse and remand.

I

The parties find themselves in a dispute over the rights to an extensive collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia (the collection). The collection was amassed by Sterling Gary Pepper, Jr. (Gary), who had a deep love for Elvis’s music, developed a close personal friendship with Elvis (often referred to as the…