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Arista Records LLC et al v. Usenet.com, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 27 MOTION to Strike Document No. 25

14 Cited authorities

  1. Grandon v. Merrill Lynch Co., Inc.

    147 F.3d 184 (2d Cir. 1998)   Cited 398 times
    Holding that, in assessing whether markups on municipal bonds are excessive, "courts should begin with the factors set forth under MSRB (Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board) Rule G-30."

  2. Dow Jones & Co. v. Harrods Ltd.

    346 F.3d 357 (2d Cir. 2003)   Cited 281 times
    Holding that the Declaratory Judgment Act "by its express terms vests a district court with discretion to determine whether it will exert jurisdiction over a proposed declaratory judgment action or not"

  3. Dow Jones Company v. Harrods

    237 F. Supp. 2d 394 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)   Cited 113 times
    Finding no "actual controversy" under the Declaratory Judgment Act because plaintiff's complaint was "grounded on a string of apprehensions and conjectures" that it would be held liable in a separate action

  4. The New York Times Co. v. Gonzales

    459 F.3d 160 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 59 times
    Recognizing that the subpoena of a reporter's phone records “is a first step of an inquiry into the identity” of the source and that a balancing test should be applied to determine whether the reporter's privilege covers the records

  5. Veoh Networks, Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc.

    522 F. Supp. 2d 1265 (S.D. Cal. 2007)   Cited 22 times
    Dismissing the plaintiff's claim for a declaratory judgment asserting the § 512 safe harbors because the § 512 safe harbors were affirmative defenses, not a separate cause of action

  6. Interscope Records v. Kimmel

    3:07-cv-0108 (N.D.N.Y. Jun. 18, 2007)   Cited 8 times
    Dismissing a counterclaim for declaratory judgment which was redundant of the plaintiff's claim

  7. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Bancinsure

    770 F. Supp. 496 (D. Minn. 1991)   Cited 10 times
    Holding that FIRREA's limitations period applies retroactively so long as retroactive application does not revive a "stale" claim; claims are stale if the applicable limitations period expired prior to the FDIC's appointment as receiver

  8. Green Bay Packaging, Inc. v. Hoganson Asso.

    362 F. Supp. 78 (N.D. Ill. 1973)   Cited 27 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Striking declaratory relief counterclaims seeking resolution of same issues raised in plaintiff's cause of action for declaratory relief

  9. Lee v. Park Lane Togs, Inc.

    81 F. Supp. 853 (S.D.N.Y. 1948)   Cited 4 times
    Finding counterclaims duplicative where "[t]he allegations of defendant's counterclaims, as a defense, will be before the trial court under other allegations of the answer. No declaratory judgment is necessary for a determination of the controversy in this case."

  10. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 357,835 times   950 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  11. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 162,084 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  12. Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

    28 U.S.C. § 2201   Cited 24,993 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment

  13. Section 101 - Definitions

    17 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 6,521 times   177 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the United States' adherence to provisions of the Berne Convention of 1886

  14. Section 512 - Limitations on liability relating to material online

    17 U.S.C. § 512   Cited 599 times   187 Legal Analyses
    Denying the safe harbor if the service provider receives "a financial benefit directly attributable to the infringing activity"