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CASES
1990-1999List of Cases
| Year | Country | Case Name | Court | Complaining Work | Defending Work | Complaining Author | Defending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | US | Queen & David Bowie v. Vanilla Ice | Under Pressure | Ice Ice Baby | Queen & David Bowie | Vanilla Ice | |
| 1990 | US | Dawson v. Hinshaw Music | 4th Cir. | Ezekiel Saw De Wheel | Ezekiel Saw De Wheel | William Dawson (Arr.) | Gilbert Martin (Arr.) |
| 1990 | US | Levine v. McDonald's Corp. | S.D.N.Y. | Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me | Menu Song | Paul DiFranco and Norman Dolph | McDonalds Corp. |
| 1990 | US | Black v. Gosdin | M.D. Tenn. | The Jukebox | Set 'Em Up Joe | Damon Black | Vern Gosdin |
| 1991 | DE | Enigma v. Phlegma 1991 | OLG Munich | Sadeness I | Madness I | Enigma | Phlegma |
| 1991 | CA | Grignon v. Roussel | Federal Court of Canada | Chanson Numero 7 | Tous Les Juke-box | Rene Grignon | Jean-Alain Roussel |
| 1991 | US | Grand Upright v. Warner | S.D.N.Y. | Alone Again (Naturally) | Alone Again | Raymond "Gilbert" O'Sullivan | Biz Markie |
| 1991 | US | Intersong-USA v. CBS | S.D.N.Y. | Es | Hey | Enrique Chia | Mario Balducci, Julio Iglesias |
| 1991 | US | McDonald v. Multimedia Entertainment | S.D.N.Y. | Proposed Theme Music for "Sally Jesse Raphael Show" | Theme Music for "Sally Jesse Raphael Show" | Gerard McDonald | Dan Radlauer |
| 1991 | DE | EMI U Catalog Inc. v. Far Musikverlag | BGH [Federal Court of Justice] | There´s a Brown Girl in the Ring | Brown Girl in the Ring | Tony McKay aka Exuma | Boney M. |
| 1991 | DE | Herbolzheimer v. Farian | BGH [Federal Court of Justice] | Brown Girl | Brown Girl in the Ring | Malcolm’s Lock | Boney M. |
| 1992 | US | Chiate v. Morris | 9th Cir. | Hello It's Me / I Just Called to Say | I Just Called to Say I Love You | Lloyd Chiate | Stevland Morris |
| 1992 | US | Moore v. Columbia Pictures | 8th Cir. | She Can't Stand It | On Our Own (from "Ghostbusters II") | Derrick D. Moore | Antonio Reid and Kenny Edmonds |
| 1993 | UK | EMI Music v. Papathanasiou | Ch. D. | City of Violets | Theme from "Chariots of Fire" | Stavros Logarides | Evangelos Papathanasiou |
| 1993 | US | Jarvis v. A & M Records | D.N.J. | The Music's Got Me | Get Dumb! (Free Your Body) | Boyd Jarvis | Robert Clivilles and David Cole |
| 1993 | US | Tempo Music v. Famous Music | S.D.N.Y. | Satin Doll | Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer | ||
| 1993 | US | Sylvestre v. Oswald | S.D.N.Y. | Heaven | Heaven | Michael Sylvestre and Dougals Richwine | Jani Lane |
| 1993 | FR | Les Inconnus v. Parker | TGI [Tribunale de grande instance] Paris | Auteuil Neuilly Passy | Southwick | Les Inconnus | Maceo And All The King's Men |
| 1994 | CA | Drynan v. Rostad | Ontario Court of Justice | Filion Family Welcome | Here We Are On the Road Again | James Drynan | Wayne Rostad |
| 1994 | US | Campbell v. Acuff-Rose | Supreme Court | Oh, Pretty Woman | Oh, Pretty Woman | Williams Dees and Roy Orbison | Luther Campbell |
| 1994 | US | Fantasy v. Fogerty | Supreme Court | Run Through the Jungle | The Old Man Down the Road | John Fogerty | John Fogerty |
| 1994 | US | Tin Pan Apple v. Miller Brewing | S.D.N.Y. | Stick 'em | TV ad for Miller Lite | Morales and Robertson [Fat Boys] | Miller Brewing Co. |
| 1995 | US | Crystal Cartier v. Michael Jackson | 10th Cir. | Dangerous | Dangerous | Crystal Cartier | Michael Jackson |
| 1995 | US | La Cienega Music Co. v. ZZ Top | 9th Cir. | Boogie Chillen | La Grange | John Hooker and Bernard Besman | William Gibbons, et al. |
| 1995 | US | Woods v. Bourne | 2d Cir. | When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along | Harry Woods | ||
| 1996 | US | Palmieri v. Estefan | 2d Cir. | Paginas De Mujer | Oye Mi Canto | Eddie Palmieri | Gloria Estefan |
| 1996 | US | Santrayll v. Burrell | S.D.N.Y. | Uh Oh | Pepsi Ad featuring "Hammer" | Rene Santrayll & Michael Walker | Stanley Kirk Burrell |
| 1996 | US | Smith v. Michael Jackson | 9th Cir. | Don't Let the Sunshine / Happy Go Lucky Girl | The Girl is Mine | Robert Smith and Reynard Jones | Michael Jackson |
| 1997 | US | Damiano v. Sony | D.N.J. | Miscellaneous lyrics and instrumental arrangement | Dignity | James Damiano | Bob Dylan |
| 1997 | US | McRae v. Smith | D.Colo. | Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day | Every Second | Maree McRae | Wayne Perry and Gerald Smith |
| 1997 | US | Repp v. Webber | 2d Cir. | Till You | Phantom Song | Ray Repp | Andrew Lloyd-Webber |
| 1997 | US | Tuff 'N' Rumble v. Profile Records | S.D.N.Y. | Impeach the President | Back from Hell | Robert Plant et al. | Joseph Simmonds et al. |
| 1999 | US | BTE v. Bonnecaze | E.D. La. | Coyote | Kevin Griffin, et al. | ||
| 1999 | US | Ellis v. Diffie | 6th Cir. | Lay Me Out By the Jukebox When I Die | Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) | Everett Ellis | Joe Diffie |
| 1999 | US | Selletti v. Carey | 2d Cir. | Hero | Hero | Christopher Selletti | Mariah Carey |
| 1999 | US | Suzane McKinley v. Collin Raye | N.D. Tex. | I Think About You | I Think About You | Suzane McKinley | Steve Seskin & Collin Raye |
| 1999 | US | ZZ Top v. Chrysler Corp. | W.D. Wa. | La Grange | Promotional video for Plymouth Prowler | Billy Gibbons, et al. | Chrysler Corporation |
| 1999 | DE | Anzilotti v. Hildenbeutel | OLG [Higher State Court] Munich | Green Grass Grows (Earth follows) | Superstring | Snap! | Cygnus X |
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