Legal Opinion
Whitehead v. CBS/Viacom, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 11, 2004No. CIV.A. 01-1192(RWR)PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERTS, District Judge.
Plaintiff David L. Whitehead claims that defendant Harper Collins Publishers, a New York corporation and the publisher of Joyce Carol Oates’s book Blonde, infringed his works “Marilyn Dances: Happy Birthday Mr. President” and “My Aretha.” Harper-*2Collins1 moves to dismiss the claims pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(5) for insufficient service of process, claiming that plaintiff served an entity that is not the registered agent for the corporation, untimely served the improper entity, and untimely filed an opposition to…
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