Legal Opinion
Coleman v. ESPN, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 8, 1991No. 90 Civ. 3632 (RPP)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Jr., District Judge.
This is a class action brought by composers, their estates and music publishers asserting copyright infringement in violation of the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. Plaintiffs move for summary judgment on the complaint and striking certain of ESPN’s affirmative defenses pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiffs’ motion is granted in part and denied in part.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs named in the complaint are composers, the estate of a deceased composer and music…
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