U.S. District Court / S.D. Ohio

CompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.

Decided February 3, 1997. James L. Graham wrote the opinion for the court.

962 F. Supp. 1015 · Cited 63 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Tillman v. Distribution Systems of America, Inc. · 224 A.D.2d 79
Thrifty-Tel, Inc. v. Bezenek · 46 Cal. App. 4th 1559
Glidden v. Szybiak · 63 A.2d 233
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. · 515 U.S. 557
Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. · 311 U.S. 282
Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1
State v. Riley · 846 P.2d 1365
Zaslow v. Kroenert · 29 Cal. 2d 541
Cyber Promotions, Inc. v. American Online, Inc. · 948 F. Supp. 436
Allstate Insurance v. U.S. Associates Realty, Inc. · 11 Ohio App. 3d 242
Koepnick v. Sears Roebuck & Co. · 762 P.2d 609
State v. Herbert · 49 Ohio St. 2d 88
Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc. · 907 F. Supp. 1361
City of Amsterdam v. Daniel Goldreyer, Ltd. · 882 F. Supp. 1273
State v. McGraw · 480 N.E.2d 552
A & B Refuse Disposers, Inc. v. Board of Ravenna Township Trustees · 64 Ohio St. 3d 385
Economou v. Physicians Weight Loss Centers of America · 756 F. Supp. 1024
Buchanan Marine Inc. v. McCormack Sand Co. · 743 F. Supp. 139

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State v. Bobby L. Tate · 357 Wis. 2d 172
Kaufman v. ACS Systems, Inc. · 2 Cal. Rptr. 3d 296
Jaynes v. Com. · 666 S.E.2d 303
America Online, Inc. v. GreatDeals. Net · 49 F. Supp. 2d 851
MCI Worldcom Network Services, Inc. v. W.M. Brode Co. · 411 F. Supp. 2d 804
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