United States Second Circuit

A copyright infringement case involving the technical restoration of classical music recordings from the 1930's, plaintiffs raised unsettled issues of state law to be certified to the New York Court of Appeals for review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/21/2004
• Published 06/21/2004

Judges

• NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  NEWMAN and RAGGI, Circuit Judges;  and UNDERHILL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip Allen Lacovara,Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, New York, N.Y. (Paul R. Levenson, Kaplan & Levenson LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant., Todd E. Fitzsimmons, Dale M. Cendali, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, N.Y.;  Matthew J. Oppenheim, Stanley Pierre-Louis, RIAA, Washington, D.C., submitted a brief for amicus curiae Recording Industry Association of America, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Maxim H. Waldbaum, New York, N.Y. (Lora Moffatt, Lori D. Greendorfer, Joseph E. Petersen, Salans, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.