Court Opinion

ID: 9460628
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 21:56:23.937287+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:42.904793
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LEWIS, Chief Judge
(dissenting):
I am in complete accord with the views of Judge Lacey set forth in Jondora Music Publishing Co. v. Melody Recordings, Inc., D.C.N.J., 351 F.Supp. 572, and of Judge Byrne, dissenting in Duchess Music Corp. v. Stern, 9 Cir., 458 F.2d 1305, cert. denied, 409 U.S. *292847, 93 S.Ct. 52, 34 L.Ed.2d 88. A similar conclusion has recently been reached by a Wisconsin state court. See Mercury Recording Productions, Inc. v. Economic Consultants, Inc., 42 L.W. 2406 (Wis.Cir.Ct. Feb. 12, 1974). I would affirm on this aspect of the case only.
ON REHEARING EN BANC
Judge MURRAH, a member of the three-judge panel which first heard this case, recuses on rehearing en banc. Judge McWILLIAMS, upon rehearing en banc, adheres to the majority opinion as heretofore filed on February 28, 1974, and Judges HILL, SETH, BARRETT and DOYLE now concur in that opinion. Chief Judge LEWIS, on rehearing en banc, adheres to his dissent, and Judge HOLLOWAY now joins in that dissent.