United States Second Circuit

In a copyright dispute, the Court reversed summary judgment and found for plaintiff, concluding that the case raises unsettled issues of New York state law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/16/2004
• Published 07/16/2004

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.