Ray Straughter et al v. Concord Music et al, No. 5:2019cv01360 - Document 290 (C.D. Cal. 2021)
Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT by Judge John F. Walter. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that final judgment is entered in favor of Sony Music Entertainment, including its divisions Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, erroneously sued as Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., Columbia Records, and Legacy Records; Universal Music Corp., erroneously sued as UMG Publishing, Inc. and MCA Publishing, Inc., and Universal Music MGB NA LLC, erroneously sued as BMG Publishing, Inc.; Cypress Hill,Senen Reyes , Lawrence Muggerud, and Louis Freese, Concord Music Group, Inc., dba Fantasy Records and dba Prestige Records, and UMG Commercial Services, Inc. as to all the claims in the Second Amended Complaint, which are hereby dismissed. (MD JS-6, Case Terminated). (iv)
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Ray Straughter et al v. Concord Music et al Doc. 290 1 2 JS-6 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ERNEST STRAUGHTER, JAMAL STRAUGHTER, RAY STRAUGHTER, & ERNRAY MUSIC, Plaintiffs, Case No. 5:19-cv-01360-JFW-SHKx Hon. John F. Walter Final Judgment vs. CONCORD MUSIC GROUP, INC.; FANTASY RECORDS, PRESTIGE RECORDS BPG RECORDS, ACE RECORDS, CYPRESS HILL, SENEN REYES, LAWRENCE MUGGERUD, LEWIS FREESE, RUFFHOUSE RECORDS, COLUMBIA RECORDS, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, UMG PUBLISHING, INC., BMG PUBLISHING, INC., LEGACY RECORDS, MCA PUBLISHING, INC., & UMG COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC., Defendants. 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 5:19-CV-01360-JFW-SHK Final Judgment Dockets.Justia.com 1 WHEREAS, on October 13, 2020, this Court GRANTED the Motion for 2 Summary Judgment of defendants Sony Music Entertainment, including its divisions 3 Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, erroneously sued as Sony Music 4 Entertainment, Inc., Columbia Records, and Legacy Records; Universal Music Corp., 5 erroneously sued as UMG Publishing, Inc. and MCA Publishing, Inc., and Universal 6 Music – MGB NA LLC, erroneously sued as BMG Publishing, Inc.; Cypress Hill, 7 Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud, and Louis Freese (erroneously sued as “Lewis 8 Freese”) (the “Moving Defendants”) against Plaintiffs Ray Straughter, Ernest 9 Straughter, and Jamal Straughter (“Plaintiffs”) [Dkt. No. 209], and 10 WHEREAS, on October 13, 2020, this Court GRANTED the Motion For 11 Partial Summary Judgment by Defendant Concord Music Group, Inc., dba Fantasy 12 Records and dba Prestige Records, and UMG Commercial Services, Inc. (the 13 “Concord Defendants”) against Plaintiffs on their claims to ownership interests in the 14 sound recordings titled “The Beautiful and Omnipresent Love” and “People Moving,” 15 [Dkt. No. 210] and 16 WHEREAS, on January 8, 2021, this Court GRANTED the Motion For 17 Summary Judgment by Defendant Concord Music Group, Inc/, dba Fantasy Records 18 and dba Prestige Records against Plaintiffs on their claims of copyright infringement 19 and ordered that any remaining Defendants and any remaining claims be 20 DISMISSED, [Dkt. No. 286] 21 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that final 22 judgment is entered in favor of Sony Music Entertainment, including its divisions 23 Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, erroneously sued as Sony Music 24 Entertainment, Inc., Columbia Records, and Legacy Records; Universal Music Corp., 25 erroneously sued as UMG Publishing, Inc. and MCA Publishing, Inc., and Universal 26 Music – MGB NA LLC, erroneously sued as BMG Publishing, Inc.; Cypress Hill, 27 Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud, and Louis Freese (erroneously sued as “Lewis 28 Freese”), Concord Music Group, Inc., dba Fantasy Records and dba Prestige Records, Case No. 5:19-CV-01360-JFW-SHK 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1 and UMG Commercial Services, Inc. as to all the claims in the Second Amended 2 Complaint, which are hereby dismissed. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 5 DATED: January 14, 2021 6 The Honorable John F. Walter United States District Court Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 5:19-CV-01360-JFW-SHK 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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