United States Second Circuit

The district court's rate setting for the licensing of defendant's music is remanded where the process of ascertaining the rate was flawed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/07/2005
• Published 10/07/2005

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before:  SOTOMAYOR, B.D. PARKER, WESLEY Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Fernando R. Laguarda, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC, Washington, DC (M. Elizabeth Gomperz, Michael T. Haas on the brief), for Appellant Music Choice., Barry H. Gottfried, Cynthia D. Greer, Gerard M. Babendreier, Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC and Bruce C. Joseph, Karyn K. Ablin, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington, DC for Amici Curiae XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., and Siruis Satellite Radio Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael E. Salzman, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, N.Y. (Norman C. Kleinberg, George A. Tsougarakis, Beatrice A. Hamza, Natalie C. Suhl, Marvin L. Berenson, Joseph J. DiMona, Kerri Howland-Kruse on the brief), for Appellee Broadcast Music, Inc.