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AGNANT v. SHAKUR

No. 97 Civ. 3424(MBM).

30 F.Supp.2d 420 (1998)

Jacques AGNANT, Plaintiff, v. Tupac SHAKUR a/k/a "Makaveli," and/or the Estate of Tupac Shakur, Death Row Records/Interscope Records, Joshua's Dream, Interscope Pearl Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Suge Publishing, Hurt-M-Bad, Tommy Daugherty and Lance Pierce, Defendants.

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

December 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Brenner, New York City, for Plaintiff Jacques Agnant.

Kenneth G. Schwarz, William A. Zolla, Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding, New York City, for Defendant Estate of Tupac Shakur.

Charles B. Ortner, Michael T. Mervis, Jared L. Gurfein, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, New York City, for Defendants Interscope Records, Interscope Pearl Music and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Stephen F. Huff, Tom J. Ferber, Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn, New York City, for Defendants Death Row Records and Suge Publishing.

OPINION AND ORDER

MUKASEY, District Judge.

This libel case, initially filed in Supreme Court, New York County, and removed here pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441 (1994), arises from statements allegedly made about plaintiff, Jacques Agnant, in a rap song written and performed by the late Tupac Shakur. Plaintiff sues the Estate of Tupac Shakur (the "Shakur Estate"), Interscope Records, Interscope Pearl Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp....

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