Ernest Lee Straughter v. Usher Raymond
Summary
Songwriter Ernest Straughter sues R&B star Usher Raymond for allegedly copying his copyrighted song composition.
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Counsel of record
For the plaintiff
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLPPeter J. Anderson
- Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman and Machtinger LLPPierce Henry O'Donnell
- Law Offices of Alan G. DowlingAlan Glenn Dowling
- Miller Starr RegaliaShabnam Giselle Roohparvar
- Tesser Grossman LLPBrian Matthew Grossman
- Valentine Law GroupRobert M. Partain
- Independent counselErnest L Straughter
For the defendant
- Manatt Phelps and Phillips LLPRobert A Jacobs, Shari Mulrooney Wollman
- Barnes and Thornburg LLPMatthew B O'Hanlon
- FreundLegalJonathan D Freund
- Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen and Shapiro LLPEmil Petrossian
- Freund and BrackeyDerek S Lemkin
- Law Offices of Chad HummelChad Samuel Hummel
- Manatt Phelps and PhillipsZoey Kohn
- Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan and Shapiro LLPFred D Heather
Other counsel (amici, etc.)
- TroyGould PCAnnMarie Mori
- G Howden FraserG Howden Fraser
- Independent counselBruce E Singer
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- Docket no.
- 2:08-cv-02170
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Filed
- 2008-04-01
- Last filing
- 2016-03-31
- Terminated
- 2013-04-16
Cause
17:501 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Bruce E Singer Ernest L Straughter Jumping Bean Song LLC American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Tesser & Ruttenberg Usher Raymond Third Party American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers 19 Entertainment, Inc. Jumping Beans Songs, LLC Laface Records, LLC Sony Music Entertainment So So Def Recordings, Inc. Johnta Austin Jermaine Dupri Mauldin Hitco Music Publishing LLC Royalty Rightings Ciara Harris Naked Under My Clothes Jumping Songs LLC Figtunes Music Publishing