MATTHEW BENDER & CO., INC. v. WEST PUB. CO.

Nos. 00-7070 XAP, 00-7029 L.

240 F.3d 116 (2001)

MATTHEW BENDER & COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, Hyperlaw, Inc., Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. WEST PUBLISHING CO. and West Publishing Corporation, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Hartmann, III, New York, N.Y. (Paul J. Ruskin, Douglaston, NY, on the brief, Alan D. Sugarman, New York, NY, of counsel), for Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

James F. Rittinger, Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke (Joshua M. Rubins, on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Charles D. Ossola, Arnold & Porter (Carol Lally, on the brief, Keith Kupferschmid, of counsel), Washington, DC, submitted a brief for Amicus Curiae Software & Information Industry Association.

Before: STRAUB and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and SPATT, District Judge.


STRAUB, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees West Publishing Co. and West Publishing Corp. (collectively "West") appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John S. Martin, Jr., Judge), ordering them to pay the attorneys' fees of Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Hyperlaw, Inc. ("Hyperlaw"), after Hyperlaw prevailed in a declaratory judgment action under the Copyright Act, 17...

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