Guardian Music Corp. v. James W. Guercio Enterprises, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

1. INTRODUCTION

Guardian Music Corporation (“Guardian”), a music publishing company, asserts a breach of contract claim 1 against James W. Guercio Enterprises, Inc. (“Guercio”), another music publishing company, and requests two forms of relief. First, Guardian demands an accounting of all revenue derived from Guercio’s exploitation of Louis “Moon Dog” Hardin’s compositions. 2 Second, Guardian seeks to impose a con structive trust on Guercio’s interest in the Hardin compositions and on monies Guer-cio received from their commercial exploitation. 3

Guar…