Legal Opinion
Peters v. West
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 3, 2011No. Case 10 C 3951PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
VIRGINIA M. KENDALL, District Judge.
Plaintiff Vincent Peters (“Peters”) filed a copyright infringement suit against Kanye West, Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC, and UMG Recordings, Inc. (together ‘West”). Peters alleged that West copied portions of his song “Stronger,” infringing his copyright. West moves to dismiss Peters’s claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. For the reasons stated below, the Court grants West’s motion.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The following facts are taken from Peters’s Complaint and are assumed to be…
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