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JOHNSON v. BERRY

No. 4:00CV1891-DJS.

171 F.Supp.2d 985 (2001)

Johnnie JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. Charles E. BERRY and Isalee Music Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Eastern Division.

June 11, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell A. Margo, Curtis and Oetting, St. Louis, MO, Scott J. Orr, Orr Law Firm, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiff.

Martin M. Green, Joe D. Jacobson, Fernando Bermudez, Green and Schaaf, St. Louis, MO, for defendants.

ORDER

STOHR, District Judge.

Defendant Charles E. Berry is the famed singer and guitarist popularly known as Chuck Berry. In 1953, plaintiff Johnnie Johnson, a pianist, invited Berry to join his musical group, which was later renamed the Chuck Berry Trio. Defendant Isalee Music Company is alleged to be a publishing company wholly owned by Berry. Johnson brings the instant action alleging that he is owed an accounting and compensation for some 50 songs first...

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