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Jun 5, 2009 · Munger, Tolles & Olson, Glenn D. Pomerantz, Tamerlin J. Godley for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant. This litigation involves a dispute over the proper amount of royalties to be paid by MCA Records, Inc. (MCA) for songs by rock and roll legends Buddy Holly and the Crickets (J. I. Allison and Joe B. Mauldin).
May 16, 2008 · Defendants and respondents are MCA Records, Inc.; UMG Recordings, Inc.; UMG Records, Inc.; Universal Studios, Inc.; and GRP Records, Inc. (referred to collectively and in the singular as MCA), the successors to Decca Records, Inc. (Decca). Plaintiffs alleged that MCA had underpaid royalties by more than $16 million.
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MCA not only failed to pay over $16,000,000, but that it hid its wrongdoing for decades. Plaintiffs alleged numerous claims, primarily for breach of contract and fraud. MCA’s defense was that they paid what the contracts required. Thus, the central question below was what the parties had agreed to—i.e.,
May 16, 2008 · Plaintiffs, HLC Properties, Ltd. (HLC Properties) and Thomas E. O'Sullivan, as trustee for the Wilma Wyatt Crosby Trust (the trust), appeal from a judgment in their favor against defendants: MCA Records, Inc. (MCA); GRP Records, Inc.; UMG Recordings, Inc.; MCA, Inc.; and Universal Studios, Inc. Plaintiffs contend: they were denied their right ...
Aug 3, 1998 · On September 11, 1997, Mattel filed suit in this Court, bringing eleven claims [1] against MCA and other defendants. [2] Defendants, in turn, filed a counterclaim for defamation. On February 19, 1998, this Court denied plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction, on the grounds that it was not likely to succeed on the merits.
Mca Records Inc., Plaintiff-appellee, v. Charly Records Ltd; Charly Holdings, Inc.; Charlyinternational Aps, Defendants-appellants, 108 F.3d 338 (9th Cir. 1997) case opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The complaint alleges that defendant MCA Records, Inc. 485(MCA), commercially exploited master recordings which belong to the plaintiff. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the action raised a claim for injury to property and was barred by the three-year Statute of Limitations because the injury occurred in 1965 when ...
