St. James Entertainment LLC v. Crofts

ORDER

RICHARD W. STORY, District Judge.

This case comes before the Court on Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [65], Defendant’s Request for Oral Argument [78], and Plaintiffs Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [63], After considering the record, the Court enters the following Order.

Background

At the center of this dispute is the soft-rock hit of 1972, “Summer Breeze” by Seals & Crofts. On November 30, 2001, the singing duo, made up individually by Jimmy Seals (“Seals”) and Defendant Dash Crofts (“Defendant” or “Crofts”), executed an agreement (“the Agreement”) with Jack Hale (“Hale”),…