Sony Music Entertainment Inc. v. Does 1-40

Decided July 26, 2004. Denny Chin wrote the opinion for the court.

326 F. Supp. 2d 556 · Cited 1,274 times

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• Recording Industry Ass'n of America v. Verizon Internet Services · 257 F. Supp. 2d 244
• America Online, Inc. v. Anonymous Publicly Traded Co. · 542 S.E.2d 377
• Doe v. 2TheMart. Com Inc. · 140 F. Supp. 2d 1088
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449
• United States v. Perez · 247 F. Supp. 2d 459
• Arden v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 908 F. Supp. 1248
• Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes · 82 F. Supp. 2d 211
• American Civil Liberties Union v. Johnson · 4 F. Supp. 2d 1029
• Lee v. United States Department of Justice · 287 F. Supp. 2d 15

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• Doe I v. Individuals · 561 F. Supp. 2d 249
• Voltage Pictures, LLC v. Does 1-5 · 818 F. Supp. 2d 28
• Maverick Entertainment Group, Inc. v. Does 1 - 1,000 · 810 F. Supp. 2d 1
• Donkeyball Movie, LLC v. Does 1-171 · 810 F. Supp. 2d 20
• Hard Drive Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-1,495 · 892 F. Supp. 2d 334
• Independent Newspapers, Inc. v. Brodie · 966 A.2d 432
• Call of the Wild Movie, LLC v. Does 1-331
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• Mobilisa, Inc. v. Doe · 170 P.3d 712
• SaleHoo Group, Ltd. v. ABC CO. · 722 F. Supp. 2d 1210
• AF Holdings LLC v. Does 1-1,058 · 286 F.R.D. 39
• In Re Does 1-10 · 242 S.W.3d 805
• Pilchesky v. Gatelli · 12 A.3d 430
• Achte/Neunte Boll Kino Beteiligungs Gmbh & Co. v. Does 1-4,577 · 736 F. Supp. 2d 212
• Estate of Ungar v. Palestinian Authority · 451 F. Supp. 2d 607
• Arista Records LLC v. Greubel · 453 F. Supp. 2d 961
• Highfields Capital Management L.P. v. Doe · 385 F. Supp. 2d 969
• White v. Baker · 696 F. Supp. 2d 1289
• Doe v. Ashcroft · 334 F. Supp. 2d 471
• United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc. v. Sun Plaza Enterprise Corp. · 352 F. Supp. 2d 342
• achte/neunte Boll Kino Beteiligungs Gmbh & Co Kg v. Does 1 - 4,577
• West Bay One, Inc. v. Does 1 - 1,653

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