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PHE, Inc. v. Does 1-96

MOTION for Protective Order FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED ANONYMOUSLY, MOTION to Quash SUBPOENA FOR SEEKING IRRELEVANT INFORMATION, MOTION to Sever FOR MISJOINDER

17 Cited authorities

  1. Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders

    437 U.S. 340 (1978)   Cited 4,535 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that that the production of putative class members' names pursuant to Federal Rule 26 was not "within the scope of legitimate discovery."

  2. Doe v. City of Chicago

    360 F.3d 667 (7th Cir. 2004)   Cited 184 times
    Holding that the district court judge "had the power, but not the duty" to an enter indemnity judgment under Rule 54(b) because there was "just reason for delay," specifically "the need to develop a factual basis for determining how broad the City's . . . liability . . . should be"

  3. Credit Lyonnais, S.A. v. SGC International, Inc.

    160 F.3d 428 (8th Cir. 1998)   Cited 159 times
    Holding that, where evidence of relationship between judgment debtor and its nonparty sole officer, director, and shareholder were sufficient to raise a doubt as to the legitimacy of the transfer of assets between them, "the presumption should be in favor of full discovery of any matters arguably related to Credit Lyonnais's efforts to trace SGC assets and otherwise to enforce its judgment"

  4. Pacific Century International Ltd. v. Does 1-37

    282 F.R.D. 189 (N.D. Ill. 2012)   Cited 70 times
    Holding claims of civil conspiracy failed because plaintiff failed to allege agreement between BitTorrent users

  5. United States v. Raineri

    670 F.2d 702 (7th Cir. 1982)   Cited 161 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that section 3161(h)(J) allows thirty day exclusion for magistrate having motions under advisement

  6. Digital Sins, Inc. v. Doe

    11 Civ. 8170 (CM) (S.D.N.Y. May. 15, 2012)   Cited 63 times
    Finding joinder inappropriate

  7. Raw Films, Inc. v. Does 1-32

    CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 1:11-CV-2939-TWT (N.D. Ga. Dec. 29, 2011)   Cited 56 times
    Stating authoritatively that "the swarm joinder theory [associated with the BitTorrent protocol] has been considered by various district courts, the majority of which have rejected it"

  8. Disc. Video Ctr., Inc. v. Does 1-29

    285 F.R.D. 161 (D. Mass. 2012)   Cited 5 times
    Discussing good cause standard for expedited discovery

  9. United States v. Article of Drug

    362 F.2d 923 (3d Cir. 1966)   Cited 36 times
    Holding that "[i]t is well settled that the cessation of activities, either before or after suit is begun, does not in itself bar issuance of the injunction. The matter is in the broadest sense for the discretion of the trial court which is best qualified to form a judgment as to the likelihood of a repetition of the offense."

  10. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 163,831 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

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

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 26   Cited 100,320 times   686 Legal Analyses
    Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37

  12. Rule 45 - Subpoena

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 45   Cited 17,614 times   113 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a subpoena may command a person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition "within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person"

  13. Rule 20 - Permissive Joinder of Parties

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 20   Cited 11,808 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Granting courts authority to "issue orders-including an order for separate trials."

  14. Rule 21 - Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 21   Cited 7,811 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts broad discretion when deciding whether to sever claims or to dismiss improperly joined claims or defendants

  15. Section 505 - Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney's fees

    17 U.S.C. § 505   Cited 3,065 times   71 Legal Analyses
    Granting the district court discretion to award attorney's fees to the prevailing party in copyright cases

  16. Section 551 - Protection of subscriber privacy

    47 U.S.C. § 551   Cited 1,756 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting disclosure of "personally identifiable information" concerning cable subscriber without consent

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

    17 U.S.C. § 512   Cited 615 times   187 Legal Analyses
    Denying the safe harbor if the service provider receives "a financial benefit directly attributable to the infringing activity"