Martin Allen Fine v. Tom Petty Jeff Lynne Mike Campbell Sbk April Music Inc. Warner Brothers Music Corp Gone Gator Music, and McA Records Inc., Martin Allen Fine v. Tom Petty Jeff Lynne Mike Campbell, and McA Records Inc.

35 F.3d 570 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Martin Allen FINE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tom PETTY; Jeff Lynne; Mike Campbell; SBK April Music Inc. Warner Brothers Music Corp; Gone Gator Music, Defendants-Appellants, and MCA Records Inc., Defendant. Martin Allen FINE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tom PETTY; Jeff Lynne; Mike Campbell, Defendants, and MCA Records Inc., et al. Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 92-55372, 92-55439. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 24, 1993. * Submission Deferred July 8, 1994. Resubmitted Aug. 11, 1994. Decided Aug. 30, 1994. 1 Before: TANG and HALL, Circuit Judges, and SHUBB, ** District Judge ORDER 2 This case is hereby resubmitted for decision as of August 11, 1994. 3 Defendants appeal the district court's denial of their motions for attorney's fees. Their fee requests were based in part on 17 U.S.C. Sec. 505 . When the district court denied these requests for fees, "controlling authority in this circuit held…