Judge rules in Mariah Carey's favor

Associated Press

Mariah Carey sings the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans in this Feb. 3, 2002 file photo. Carey and a team of songwriters did not steal the work of two other composers when she recorded the song "Thank God I Found You," a federal judge has ruled. Associated Press

Songwriters Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell sued Carey two years ago, claiming her song was actually a copy of their composition "One of Those Love Songs."

But in a written ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder said there was a "lack of melodic similarity between the two songs."

The judge did not find any "similarity in key, harmonic structure, tempo or genre" between the songs, the ruling stated.

Carey's song was included on the 1999 album "Rainbow."