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CORTNER v. ISRAEL

No. 82 Civ. 7967 (GLG).

568 F.Supp. 1217 (1983)

Jack CORTNER and Jon Silberman, Plaintiffs, v. Robert ISRAEL; Score Productions, Inc., American Broadcasting Music, Inc., and ABC Sports, Inc., Defendants.

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

August 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abeles Clark & Osterberg, New York City, for plaintiffs; Stuart Prager, New York City, of counsel.

Coudert Brothers, New York City, for defendants American Broadcasting Music, Inc. and ABC Sports, Inc.; Carleton G. Eldridge, Jr., Michael J. Calvey, Peter M. Nelson, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This is an action for copyright infringement by Jack Cortner and Jon Silberman against Robert Israel, Score Productions, Inc., American Broadcasting Music, Inc., and ABC Sports, Inc. (The latter two defendants will hereinafter be referred to as ABC.) Before this Court is the defendants' motion to dismiss and for summary judgment.1

In 1976, ABC commissioned the plaintiffs to compose a musical...

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