Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Universal-MCA Music

Ten Universal-affiliated defendants, all record and music publishing companies, have appealed a second time from the district court’s decision to deny the defendants’ request that attorney fees be imposed as a condition of granting plaintiffs’ motions to voluntarily dismiss without prejudice the twenty cases at issue pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2). We remanded the matter after the first consolidated appeal “for a more detailed order specifically addressing the [defendants’] request for reasonable terms and conditions relating to the dismissal of [plaintiffs’] complaints.” Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Universal-MCA Music Publishing, Inc., 481 F.3d 926, 927-28 (6th Cir. 2007). Reviewing the orders entered after remand, we reject defendants’ contention that the district court abused its discretion either by failing to provide specific reasons for its decision, or by deciding not to impose attorney fees as a condition of dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2). The judgments are affirmed.

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