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YAMETA CO. v. CAPITOL RECORDS, INC.

No. 68 Civ. 220.

279 F.Supp. 582 (1968)

YAMETA CO., Ltd., and Jimi Hendrix, also known as Jimmy Hendrix, Plaintiffs, v. CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., PPX Enterprises, Inc., Edward Chalpin and Curtis Knight, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 3, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steingarten, Wedeen & Weiss, New York City, for plaintiffs; Henry W. Steingarten, Barry J. Reiss, and Thomas E. Constance, New York City, of counsel.

Halperin, Morris, Granett & Cowan, New York City, for defendant Capitol Records, Inc.; Solomon Granett, New York City, of counsel.

Beldock, Levine & Hoffman, New York City, for defendants PPX Enterprises, Inc. and Edward Chalpin; Elliot L. Hoffman, New York City, of counsel.

METZNER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Yameta Co. Ltd. (Yameta) and Jimi Hendrix move herein for a preliminary injunction restraining defendants Capitol Records, Inc. (Capitol) and PPX Enterprises, Inc. (PPX) from selling or distributing any recordings featuring plaintiff Hendrix as a performer. They rest their claim for injunctive relief upon general principles of contract law, common-law concepts of unfair competition, New York Civil Rights Law, McKinney's Consol.Laws...

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