Legal Opinion
Sporn v. MCA Records, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 1983PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
The issue raised on this appeal is whether plaintiff’s cause of action for unauthorized commercial exploitation of a master phonograph record accrued for the purpose of computing the Statute of Limitations when defendant first began using plaintiff’s property as its own or whether a new cause of action arose each time the defendant used what plaintiff claims to be his property.
Plaintiff commenced this action in June of 1976. The complaint alleges that defendant MCA Records, Inc. *485(MCA), commercially exploited master recordings which belong to the plaintiff.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Galway v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- 509 Sixth Avenue Corp. v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1964
- Sachs v. Cluett, Peabody & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
- Sachs v. Cluett Peabody Co., Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Sporn v. MCA Records, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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