Legal Opinion
Carson v. Dynegy, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 27, 2003No. 02-41279PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Before this court is an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in a case concerning the federal copyright laws. Appellant argues that the district court erred by (i) holding that appellees had an irrevocable, nonexclusive implied license, which precluded appellant’s claim of copyright infringement; (ii) determining that the doctrine of estoppel also barred the infringement claim; (iii) holding that appellant’s state-law conversion claims were preempted by federal copyright law; and (iv) declining to resolve appellant’s prayer for declaratory…
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