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AF Holdings LLC v. Ciccone

MOTION to Quash and Intervene

25 Cited authorities

  1. Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union

    521 U.S. 844 (1997)   Cited 987 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding parts of § 223 unconstitutional under the First Amendment

  2. McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Comm'n

    514 U.S. 334 (1995)   Cited 789 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that anonymous speech is constitutionally protected

  3. In re Bittorrent Adult Film Copyright Infringement Cases

    296 F.R.D. 80 (E.D.N.Y. 2012)   Cited 853 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding that "it is no more likely that the subscriber to an IP address carried out a particular computer function . . . than to say an individual who pays the telephone bill made a specific telephone call."

  4. Digital Sin, Inc. v. Does 1-176

    279 F.R.D. 239 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)   Cited 538 times
    Finding that plaintiff established good cause for issuing a Rule 45 subpoena to internet service provider to obtain information to identify one of its subscribers, who alleged infringed the plaintiff's copyrights

  5. SBO PICTURES v. DOES 1-3036

    Case No. 11-4220 SC (N.D. Cal. Nov. 30, 2011)   Cited 221 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Severing all but the first Doe defendant and allowing discovery for him alone

  6. Malibu Media, LLC v. John Does 1 through 10

    Case No. 2:12-cv-3623-ODW(PJWx) (C.D. Cal. Jun. 27, 2012)   Cited 75 times
    Noting "The federal courts are not cogs in a plaintiff's copyright-enforcement business model. The Court will not idly watch what is essentially an extortion scheme, for a case that plaintiff has no intention of bringing to trial."

  7. Gill v. Gulfstream Park Racing Ass'n., Inc.

    399 F.3d 391 (1st Cir. 2005)   Cited 75 times
    Explaining that “we—as federal judges sitting in diversity jurisdiction—‘cannot be expected to create new doctrines expanding state law’ ”

  8. Laface Records, LLC v. Does 1 — 38

    5:07-CV-298-BR (E.D.N.C. Feb. 27, 2008)   Cited 47 times
    Ordering the severance of claims against thirty-eight defendants where plaintiff alleged each defendant used the same ISP as well as the same peer-to-peer network to commit the alleged copyright infringement, but there was no assertion that the multiple defendants acted in concert

  9. Hard Drive Prods. v. Does 1-48

    11 CV 9062 (N.D. Ill. Jun. 14, 2012)   Cited 39 times
    Warning plaintiff to consider Rule 11 before naming defendant who disputed that he had illegally downloaded pornographic movie

  10. Third Degree Films, Inc. v. Does 1-108

    Civil Action No. DKC 11-3007 (D. Md. Feb. 28, 2012)   Cited 39 times

    Civil Action No. DKC 11-3007 02-28-2012 THIRD DEGREE FILMS, INC. v. DOES 1-108 DEBORAH K. CHASANOW MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Third Degree Films, Inc., filed this action for copyright infringement against 108 John Doe defendants. Presently pending and ready for review are three motions to quash or sever filed by Does 46, 53, and 105. (ECF Nos. 12, 14, 16). The issues have been briefed, and the court now rules, no hearing deemed necessary. Local Rule 105.6. For the following reasons, the motions

  11. Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 26   Cited 94,988 times   653 Legal Analyses
    Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37

  12. Rule 23 - Class Actions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 23   Cited 34,931 times   1234 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

  13. Rule 20 - Permissive Joinder of Parties

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 20   Cited 11,242 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Granting courts authority to "issue orders-including an order for separate trials."

  14. Rule 24 - Intervention

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 24   Cited 9,164 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Granting the right of intervention to qualifying persons "unless existing parties adequately represent" them