Dimension Music Publishing, LLC. v. Kersey

MEMORANDUM

DuBOIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This lawsuit involves a dispute over the rights to the song “Disco Inferno.” Plaintiff, a limited liability company engaged in music publishing, filed a motion for partial summary judgment on the specific issue of the vesting of the renewal rights to the song. The motion implicates two of the three defendants, Antoinette Kersey, Executrix of the Estate of Tyrone Kersey, and Kisha Kersey (“the Kersey defendants”). For the reasons below, plaintiffs motion is granted.

II. BACKGROUND A. Facts

The following facts are taken from plaintiffs Complaint. 1

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