Legal Opinion
Peterson v. Highland Music, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1998No. Nos. 95-56393, 97-55597 and 97-55599PublishedCited by 205 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
This case involves an attempt by the Kingsmen, a musical group, to secure a rescission of the contract by which they assigned to others the rights to their popular recording of the hit song, “Louie, Louie.” We review three actions consolidated on appeal. In the first, the parties litigated the right to rescind. In the second, the defendants sought a declaratory judgment to limit the effect of the judgment of rescission.1 In the third, the district court imposed contempt sanctions upon the defendants for their refusal to comply with the judgment of rescission. We affirm…
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