15 F3d 1159 Brown v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

15 F.3d 1159

304 U.S.App.D.C. 428

James BROWN, "The Godfather of Soul"; James Brown
Enterprises, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION, a Delaware
Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and
Merchandising Corporation, a New York Corporation; Beacon
Communication; Alan Parker, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 927176.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Jan. 21, 1994.

NOTICE: D.C. Circuit Local Rule 11(c) states that unpublished orders, judgments, and explanatory memoranda may not be cited as precedents, but counsel may refer to unpublished dispositions when the binding or preclusive effect of the disposition, rather than its quality as precedent, is relevant.

Before: SILBERMAN, SENTELLE, and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

JUDGMENT

PER CURIAM.

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This cause came to be heard on the record on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and was briefed and argued by counsel. While the issues presented occasion no need for a published opinion, they have been accorded full consideration by the Court. See D.C.Cir.R. 36(b) (January 1, 1994). On consideration thereof, it is

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ORDERED and ADJUDGED, by this Court, that the judgment of the district court appealed from in this case is hereby affirmed for substantially the same reasons given by the district judge in his well-crafted opinion. See James Brown v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., 799 F.Supp. 166 (D.C.C.1992). It is

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FURTHER ORDERED, by this Court, sua sponte, that the Clerk shall withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after disposition of any timely petition for rehearing. See D.C.Cir.R. 41(a)(1) (January 1, 1994). This instruction to the Clerk is without prejudice to the right of any party at any time to move for expedited issuance of the mandate for good cause shown.