Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Screen Gems-Emi Music, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 2, 2015No. Case No. 14-cv-04805-JSCPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE: MOTIONS TO DISMISS
Re: Dkt. No. 9, 12
JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY, United States Magistrate Judge
Plaintiff Stephanie Ford ■ Stewart (“Plaintiff’) alleges that Defendants wrongfully withheld publishing royalties to the song “Daydream Believer,” which Plaintiffs late husband, John Stewart (“Stewart”), wrote. The claims arise out of a 1967 songwriter’s agreement between Stewart and Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. (“Screen Gems-EMI”).1 The agreement is a “net receipts” arrangement, which means that the publisher is only obligated to remit to the songwriter a certain percentage of the revenue the…
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