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JOHNSON v. BERRY

No. 4:00CV1891-DJS.

228 F.Supp.2d 1071 (2002)

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

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

October 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Martin M. Green, Joe D. Jacobson, Fernando Bermudez, Green and Schaaf, St. Louis, MO, Alvin A. Wolff, Jr., Brentwood, MO, for Defendants.

ORDER

STOHR, District Judge.

Plaintiff Johnnie Johnson, erstwhile pianist with defendant Chuck Berry's band, seeks relief on a number of legal theories based on his claim to be a co-creator of numerous songs allegedly written between 1955 and 1966 and copyrighted by Berry in his own name or that of his publishing company, defendant Isalee Music Company. The following are the songs at issue in this case, as identified in the first amended complaint...

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