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Swift v. Zynga Game Network, Inc. et al

Memorandum in Opposition re Motion to Dismiss

31 Cited authorities

  1. Kearns v. Ford Motor Co.

    567 F.3d 1120 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 2,334 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that circumstances constituting fraud must be stated with particularity

  2. Moore v. Kayport Package Exp., Inc.

    885 F.2d 531 (9th Cir. 1989)   Cited 1,877 times
    Holding that a complaint did not satisfy Rule 9(b) because it "d[id] not specify which plaintiff received which prospectus, or which plaintiff made purchases through the stockbroker defendants"

  3. Neubronner v. Milken

    6 F.3d 666 (9th Cir. 1993)   Cited 806 times
    Holding that Rule 9(b)'s purpose is "to prevent the filing of a complaint as a pretext for the discovery of unknown wrongs" and finding the Section 20A insufficiently pled because it lacked "facts [such] as the times, dates, places" or "allegations on information and belief . . . [to] state the factual basis for the belief"

  4. Fair v. Roommates

    521 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 331 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding defendant liable for developing content by “not merely ... augmenting the content generally, but ... materially contributing to its alleged unlawfulness” when it required subscribers to provide information which enabled users of site to unlawfully discriminate in selecting a roommate

  5. Batzel v. Smith

    333 F.3d 1018 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 365 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the denial of an anti-SLAPP motion is appealable under § 1291

  6. Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc.

    570 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 256 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Yahoo! was immune from liability for negligently declining to remove indecent third-party content

  7. Zeran v. America Online

    129 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 1997)   Cited 337 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding CDA immunity applied even though “AOL unreasonably delayed in removing defamatory messages posted by an unidentified third party, refused to post retractions of those messages, and failed to screen for similar postings thereafter”

  8. Ben Ezra, Weinstein, & Co. v. America Online Inc.

    206 F.3d 980 (10th Cir. 2000)   Cited 275 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that defendant was immune to the defamation claim when it made its own editorial decisions with respect to third-party information published on its website

  9. Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, Inc.

    339 F.3d 1119 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 213 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a dating site could not "be considered an 'information content provider' under the [CDA] because no profile has any content until a user actively creates it"

  10. Green v. America Online

    318 F.3d 465 (3d Cir. 2003)   Cited 162 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 230 "bars lawsuits seeking to hold a service provider liable for its exercise of a publisher's traditional editorial functions -- such as deciding whether to publish, withdraw, postpone, or alter content"

  11. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 39,880 times   331 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

  12. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 18,266 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices

  13. Section 1341 - Frauds and swindles

    18 U.S.C. § 1341   Cited 13,619 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Relating to mail fraud

  14. Section 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television

    18 U.S.C. § 1343   Cited 12,414 times   173 Legal Analyses
    Barring fraudulent schemes "for obtaining money or property"

  15. Section 230 - Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material

    47 U.S.C. § 230   Cited 1,064 times   169 Legal Analyses
    Preempting state law

  16. Section 230 - Repealed

    42 U.S.C. § 230   Cited 18 times   1 Legal Analyses

    42 U.S.C. § 230 Apr. 27, 1956, ch. 211, §5(e), 70 Stat. 117 Section, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, §706, formerly title VI, §606, 58 Stat. 713; renumbered title VII, §706, Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, §5, 60 Stat. 1049; amended Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, §9(a), 62 Stat. 47; Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, title V, §521(g), 63 Stat. 835, provided for computation of retired pay. See section 212 of this title.