Legal Opinion · Concurrence
Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc. v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 25, 2003No. 14 & 15 EAP 2001Published
1Concurrence
CONCURRING OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
The majority’s conclusion that the media receipts constituted copyright royalties is not without some appeal, and finds support in published opinions from two other jurisdictions’ intermediate appellate courts. See Cincinnati Bengals, Inc. v. Papania, 92 Ohio App.3d 785, 637 N.E.2d 330, 331 (1993) (per curiam); Detroit Lions, Inc. v. Department of Treasury, 157 Mich.App. 207, 403 N.W.2d 812, 817 (1986) (per curiam). It nonetheless rests upon the proposition that the copyrights were assigned to the NFL at the time the Network Contracts were signed. See Majority…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- George G. Rodrigue, Jr. And Richard Steiner v. Veronica Hidalgo RodrigueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Commissioner of Internal Rev. v. Affiliated EnterprisesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
- Cable News Network, Inc. v. Video Monitoring Services of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Detroit Lions, Inc v. Department of TreasuryMichigan Court of Appeals · 1986