Buck v. Elm Lodge, Inc.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree dismissing for multifariousness and misjoinder of parties plaintiff a hill of complaint which charged the defendant with infringement by public performance of two copyrighted musical compositions. The three plaintiffs are Gene Buck, who sues as representative of an unincorporated association known as American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (hereafter referred to as the society), and two New York corporations, Remick Music Corporation and Mills Music, Inc. Each of the corporate plaintiffs is owner of a copyrighted song in…