Chaquico

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CRAIG CHAQUICO,

Case No. 22-cv-04907-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION TO STRIKE JEFFERSON STARSHIP, INC., et al., 13 Defendants.

15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Craig Chaquico was a member of the band Jefferson Starship and its successor Starship between 1976 and 1991. By this action, Chaquico seeks to recover artist royalties, merchandising royalties, and other income he contends is due to him under a written termination agreement (the “1991 Termination Agreement”) he executed in connection with leaving Starship. Although the complaint originally named a host of individuals and entities as defendants, Chaquico has now voluntarily dismissed all of them except Jefferson Starship, Inc. and Shiprats, Inc., the other parties to the 1991 Termination Agreement. Jefferson Starship and Shiprats (“defendants”) move to dismiss, arguing the complaint fails 25 …