United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit August Term 2022

Argued: March 31, 2023 Decided: October 17, 2023

No. 22-255

ERIC A. ELLIOTT, AKA FLY HAVANA,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

JOSEPH ANTHONY CARTAGENA, AKA FAT JOE, KARIM KHARBOUCH, AKA FRENCH MONTANA, SHANDEL GREEN, AKA INFARED, REMINISCE SMITH MACKIE, AKA REMY MA, EDWARD F. DAVADI, JR., AKA EDSCLUSIVE, JOEY AND RYAN MUSIC, EXCUSE MY FRENCH MUSIC, EXCUSE MY FRENCH MUSIC II, MR. GREEN MUSIC, REMYNISCE MUSIC, UNIVERSAL MUSIC-Z TUNES LLC, DBA UNIVERSAL MUSIC Z SONGS, WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP., WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC., SONGS OF UNIVERSAL INC., ROC NATION LLC, ROC NATION MANAGEMENT LLC, SNEAKER ADDICT TOURING LLC, TERROR SQUAD PRODUCTIONS, INC., TERROR SQUAD ENTERTAINMENT, RNG (RAP'S NEW GENERATION), EMPIRE DISTRIBUTION, INC., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (US) LLC, DBA BMG PLATINUM SONGS US,