FIFTY-SIX HOPE ROAD MUSIC LTD. v. UMG RECORDINGS, INC.

No. 08 Civ. 6143 (DLC).

FIFTY-SIX HOPE ROAD MUSIC LTD., CEDELLA MARLEY, DAVID MARLEY, JULIAN MARLEY, KAREN MARLEY, RITA MARLEY, ROHAN MARLEY, STEPHEN MARLEY, DAMIAN MARLEY, STEPHANIE MARLEY, and ROBERT MARLEY, Plaintiffs, v. UMG RECORDINGS, INC., Defendant.

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

August 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie E. Eskenazi, Ricardo P. Cestero, Rachel Valadez, Los Angeles, CA, For Plaintiffs.

Andrew H. Bart, Joseph J. McFadden, M. Mitchell Oates, Jenner & Block LLP, New York, NY, For Defendant.


OPINION & ORDER

DENISE COTE, District Judge.

This Opinion addresses motions in limine in an action to recover unpaid royalties on the sound recordings of the Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley. The plaintiffs are Marley's widow and children and their wholly-owned company, Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd. ("Fifty-Six"); their royalty accounting claims concern the interpretation of a 1992 master agreement governing the defendant UMG...

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