United States Sixth Circuit

In plaintiffs' lawsuit against defendants, alleging copyright infringement and various state law claims relating to the use of samples in rap recordings, district court's denial of defendants' motion requesting that attorney's fees be imposed as a condition of granting plaintiffs' motions to voluntarily dismiss without prejudice the twenty cases at issue is affirmed as the district court did not abuse its discretion either by failing to provide specific reasons for its decision, or by deciding not to impose attorney's fees as a condition of dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/21/2009
• Published 10/21/2009

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN, GUY, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Russell J. Frackman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellants.  Richard S. Busch, King & Ballow, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Russell J. Frackman, Marc E. Mayer, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, California, Philip M. Kirkpatrick, Dickinson Wright, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants.  Richard S. Busch, King & Ballow, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.