Legal Opinion
Martha Graham School & Dance Foundation, Inc. v. Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 23, 2002No. 01 CIV. 271(MGC)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CEDARBAUM, District Judge.
What property did Martha Graham, the great dancer, choreographer, and teacher, own at the time of her death in 1991? That is the central question in the second phase of this lawsuit. The main dispute is with respect to ownership of copyright in the dances she created. That is a federal question. Subsidiary disputes with respect to ownership of the costumes and sets for the dances and fiduciary duties owed by the plaintiff to the defendants are state law issues that arise from the same nucleus of contested facts.
Between 1956 and her death in 1991, Martha Graham…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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