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U.S. v. AMERICAN SOC. OF COMPOSERS AND PUBLISHERS

Civil A. No. 13-95 (WCC).

914 F.Supp. 52 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, Defendant. In the Matter of the Application of Steve KARMEN, Petitioner, for an Order Vacating or Modifying an Arbitration Award.

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

February 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Newman, New York City and Neal R. Platt, New York City, for Petitioner Steve Karmen.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City (Allan Blumstein, Jean H. McMahon, of counsel), White & Case, New York City (I. Fred Koenigsberg, of counsel), and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, New York City (Ross Charap, of counsel), for Defendant American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, Senior District Judge:

Petitioner Steve Karmen has once again sought this court's intervention in his long-running dispute with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ("ASCAP") over the amount of royalties that he receives for performances of his compositions. For the reasons set forth below, petitioner's application is denied.

BACKGROUND

ASCAP is an unincorporated membership...

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