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SPARTA FLORIDA MUSIC v. CHRYSALIS RECORDS

No. 81 Civ. 6241(MEL).

552 F.Supp. 44 (1982)

SPARTA FLORIDA MUSIC GROUP, LTD., Plaintiff, v. CHRYSALIS RECORDS, INC., Defendant, v. PUSH MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. and B & C Music Company, Defendants on Counterclaim.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 17, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Hofer, New York City, for plaintiff; Jeffrey L. Ringler, New York City, of counsel.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for defendant.

Abeles, Clark & Osterberg, New York City, for defendants on counterclaim.

LASKER, District Judge.

This action involves a dispute over the rights to royalties from the sale of a "hit" record. Sparta Florida Music Group, Ltd. ("Sparta") claims that the author of the song, John Holt, assigned to it all of his rights to proceeds from the song. Sparta then licensed Chrysalis Records, Inc. ("Chrysalis") to manufacture the records and remit royalties to Sparta. Chrysalis has not remitted royalties to Sparta because two other companies, Push Music...

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