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JACKSON v. STURKIE

No. C 97-0506 VRW.

255 F.Supp.2d 1096 (2003)

Fred D JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. Stephen STURKIE, dba First Lite Records and Doc McKenzie, dba Doc McKenzie & the Gospel Hi-Lites, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

March 28, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Gordet, San Francisco, CA, for Fred D. Jackson, Plaintiff.

Mark E. Kalmansohn, Edwin F. McPherson, McPherson & Kalmansohn, Los Angeles, CA, for Stephen Sturkie, First Lite Records, Defendants.

Mark K. Slater, Bernard C. Shek, Sheppard Mullin Ritchter & Hampton, San Francisco, CA, for Doc McKenzie, Defendant.

Lee T. Miscavage, William E. Green, Law Offices of William Green & Associates, Palo Alto, CA, for Kest, Inc., Crossclaimant.

ORDER

WALKER, District Judge.

In 1977, plaintiff composed a song, entitled "Cross in the Middle," the copyright to which he registered in 1989. In 1996, plaintiff became aware that defendant Doc McKenzie had recorded and was performing a song called "Man in the Middle," which plaintiff believed infringed his copyright to "Cross in the Middle." Id.

Based on this alleged infringement, plaintiff commenced this action against the record label...

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