Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Claire's Boutiques, Inc.

How later courts describe this case

• finding that Kansas courts would hold that an industrial chemical manufacturer has a continuing duty to warn of dangers revealed by scientific studies
• “Plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration is denied because the Plaintiffs raise new arguments and cite to case law not previously put before the Court.”
• playing radios in stores constituted “public performance” of copyrighted broadcasts
• “Among the law of the case rules is the obligation of every court to honor the rulings of a court that stands higher in the hierarchical judicial structure. 18 C. Wright, A. Miller & E. Cooper, Federal Practice and Procedure, § 4478 at 788.”