Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Stillwater Restaurants, Inc. et al

Filing 1

COMPLAINT against all defendants ( Filing fee $ 350 receipt number 12988.) assigned to Judge Patrick J. Schiltz per Master - Copyright referred to Magistrate Judge Jeanne J. Graham, filed by Anthony Kiedis, Chad Gaylord Smith, House of Fun Music, Inc., Spirit One Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp, Universal-Songs of Polygram International, Inc., Broadcast Music Inc, Songs of Universal, Inc., Bradley Kirk Arnold, Robert Todd Harrell, Matthew Darrick Roberts, Christopher Lee Henderson, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Jason L. Ross, Jason Knowles Pollock, Casey S. Daniel, Michael Balzary, Gurpreet J. Khals, Anthony L. Ray, EMI Virgin Songs, Inc, The End of Music, LLC, Ensign Music LLC, Mad Dog Winston Music, Ltd, Please Gimme My Publishing Inc., Unichappell Music, Inc., Rivers Cuomo, John Anthony Frusciante. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet # 2 Schedule)(dch)

Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Stillwater Restaurants, Inc. et al

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JS44
(Rev. 03/99)

CIVIL COVER SHEET

The JS-44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and servce of pleadings or other papers as required by law, except as provided by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the use of the Clerk of Court for the purpose of initaling the civil docket sheet. (SEE tNSTRUCTIONS ON THE REVERSE OF THE FORM).

I (a) PLAINTIFFS
BROADCAST MUSIC, INC., ET AL.
(b) COUNTY OF RESIDENCE OF FIRST LISTED PLAINTIFF (EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES)

DEFENDANTS STILLWATER RESTAURATS, INC., ST. CROIX CRA
HOUSE and PAUL 1. AUGUSTYN
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE OF FIRST LISTED DEFENDANT (IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY) NOTE: IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF THE TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED

(c) ATTORNEYS (FIRM, NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER)

ATTORNEYS (IF KNOWN)

Ernest W. Grumbles, MN # 274793 Wiliam D, Schultz, MN # 0323482 3200 IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-2215
Telephone: [phone]

Facsimile: [phone]
II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION (PLACEANx IN ONE BOX ONLY)

III. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES (PLACEANxINONEBOX
(For Diversity Cases Only) FOR PLAINTIFF AND ONE BOX FOR DEFENDANT)

01

U.S. Government

1.3 Federal Question
(U.S. Government Not a Party)
Citizen of This State

Plaintiff
U.S. Government

PTF

02

Defendant

04

Diversity
(Indicate Citizenship of Parties in Item III)

Citizen of Another State

Citizen or Subject of a
Foreign Country

01 1.1 02 02 03 03

DEF

PTF DEF

Incorporated or Principal Place
of Business in This State Incorporated and Principal Place of Business in Another State
Foreign Nation

04 1.4
1.5 05
06 06

IV. NATURE OF SUIT (PLACEANxINONEBOXONLY)
CONTRACT 0110 Insurance
o 120 Marine

TORTS
PERSONAL INJURY 0310 Airplane
0315 Airpane Product Liability

FORFEITURE/PENALTY
Mad Malpractice

BANKRUPTCY
0422 Appeal 28 USC 158

OTHER STAT'DIES

PERSONAL INJURY 0362 Parsonallnjury.
0365 Persnal Injury Product Liability 0368 Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liabilty

0610 Agriculture 0620 Other Foo & Dru
0625 Dru Related Seizure of Propert 21 USC 881

0400 State
Reappointment

0130 Miller Act
o 140 Negotiable Instrument o 150 Recvery of Overpayment & Enforcement of

0423 Withrawal
28 USC 157

0410 Antnru
0430 Banks and Banking o 450 CommercalCC Rates/ete.

0320 Assaull, Libel &
Slander
0330 Federal Employers' Liability

0630 Liquor Law
0640 R.R. & Truck 0650 Airtine Regs
PROPERTY RIGHTS
1.820 Copyrihts

o 460 Deportation

Judgment
o 151 Medicare Act o 152 Recovery of Defaulted Student Loans (Excl. Veterans) o 153 Recovery of Overpayment of Veteran's Benarrts Suns o 160 Stockholders' o 190 Other Contrad 0195 Contract Product Liabiliy

o 470 Racketeer Influenced and
Corrpt Organizations
0810 Selective Service o 850 SecuritiesCommodrties/

0340 Marine
0345 Manne Product Liabiliy
0350 Motor Vehicle 0355 Motor Vehicle

0660 Oc.pational
PERSONAL PROPERTY
0370 Other Fraud
0371 Truh In Lending

Safety/Health

0830 Patent
0840 Tredemark

0690 Olher
LABOR
0710 Fair Labor Standards Act

Exchange

SOCIAL SECURITY
0861 HIA (1395ff)
0862 Black Lung (923)

Product Liabiliy

0380 Other Persnal

0875 Customer ChalleOQe

Property Damage

0360 Other Persnal
Injury

t2 USC 3410 o 891 Agricultural Acts
o 892 Economic Stabilization

0385 Property Damage Product Liabilty

0720 Labor/Mgmt.

Relations
0730 Labor/Mgmt. Reporting & Disclosure Act

0863 DIWC/DIWW (405g))
0864 SSID Tnle XVi

Ad
o 893 Environmental Matters

REAL PROPERTY

CiVIL RIGHTS

PRISONER PETITIONS

0865 RSI (405(g) FEDERAL TAX SUITS
0870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff

o 894 Energy Allocation Act
o 895 Freedom of Infoimation Act o 900 Appeal of Fee

0210 0220 0230 0240 0245 0290

Land Condemnation

0441 Voling
o 442 Employment

0510 Motionstovacale
Sentence
HABEAS CORPUS:
0530 General
0535 Death Penalty

0740 Railway Labor
Act

Foreclosure
Rent Leas & Ejectment
Torts to Land

of Defendant)
0871 IRS - Third Party 26 USC 7609

Tort Product Liabilty

o 44 Housing Accmmodations 044 Weifare
0440 Other Civil Rights

0790 Other Labor

0791

All Other Real Propert

054 Mandamus & Other

Litigation Empl. Ret. Inc. Security Act

Determination

0550 Civil Rights 0555 Prison Condition

Under Equal Access to Justice o 950 Constitutionality of
State Statutes

0890 Other Statutory
Actions

V. ORIGIN

(PLACE AN X IN ONE BOX ONLY)

Transferred from

1.1 Original 0 2 Removed from 0 3 Remanded from 0 4 Reinstated or 0 5 another district

Proceeding State Court Appellate Court Reopened (specify)

o 6 Multidistrict
Litigation

07

Appeal to District Judge from

Magistrate Judgment

THE U.S. CIVIL STATUTE UNDER WHICH YOU ARE FILING AND WRITE BRIEF STATEMENT OF CAUSE. VI. CAUSE OF ACTION (CITE DO NOT CITE JURISDICTIONAL STATUTES UNLESS DIVERSITY.)

This is a suit for copyrght infngement under the United States Copyrght Act of 1976, as amended, 17 U.S.C. Sections 101 ~ ~ (the "Copyrght Act") VII. REQUESTED IN DEMAND $ Check YES only if demanded in Complaint: CHECK IF THIS IS A CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT: 0 UNDER F.R.C.P. 23 JURY DEMAND: 0 YES 0 NO VII. RELATED CASE(S) (See instructions):
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JUDGE

DOCKET NUMBER

DATE

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