Legal Opinion
Gomba Music, Inc. v. Avant
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided November 24, 2014No. Case No. 14-CV-11767PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ AMENDED COMPLAINT [18] AND GRANTING IN PART HARRY BALK’S MOTION TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT [27]
LAURIE J. MICHELSON, District Judge.
This dispute involves the rights to songs that were composed and released commercially more than forty years ago. Music publisher Harry Balk alleges that he owns all rights to the songs based on an exclusive song-writing agreement between his company, Gomba Music, Inc., and the songs’ author, Sixto Rodriguez. But he says he did not learn that he had been defrauded of his…
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