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STONE v. WILLIAMS

No. 85 Civ. 7133 (JFK).

766 F.Supp. 158 (1991)

Cathy Yvonne STONE, Plaintiff, v. Hank WILLIAMS, Jr., Billie Jean Williams Berlin, Chappell Music Company, a Division of Chappell & Co., Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Aberbach Enterprises, Ltd., a New York Corporation, Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, Milene-Opryland Music, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, Wesley H. Rose and Roy Acuff, Individually and as Trustees in Liquidation for Stockholders of Fred Rose Music, Inc. and Milene Music, Inc., Fred Rose Music, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, and Milene Music, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, Defendants.

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

June 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudin and Appel Beverly Hills, Cal. (Milton A. Rudin and Joseph L. Golden, of counsel) and Coblence, Warner, Hamilton & Smith, New York City (Kenneth E. Warner, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Silverman & Shulman, P.C., New York City (Alan L. Shulman, Richard H. Frank, W. Michael Milom, and Christian A. Horsnell, of counsel), for defendants Hank Williams, Jr., Wesley H. Rose, Roy Acuff, Fred Rose Music, Inc. and Milene Music, Inc.

McDermott, Will & Emery, New York City (Lawrence I. Fox and Stephen K. Rush, of counsel), for defendants Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music, Inc. and Milene-Opryland Music, Inc.

Thomas R. Levy, New York City, for defendants Billie Jean Williams Berlin Horton, Chappell Music Company and Aberbach Enterprises.

OPINION AND ORDER

KEENAN, District Judge:

Introduction

Before the Court are two motions for summary judgment arising out of a dispute over rights to interests in the renewal term of copyrights to the musical compositions of the late country music singer, Hank Williams, Sr. ("Williams, Sr."). The complaint of the plaintiff, the alleged illegitimate daughter of Williams, Sr., asserts two claims. First, she seeks a declaration that she is a...

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