NEWMARK v. TURNER BROADCASTING NETWORK

No. CV 02-04445FMC(EX).

226 F.Supp.2d 1215 (2002)

Craig NEWMARK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TURNER BROADCASTING NETWORK, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

August 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira P. Rothken, Rothken Law Offices, San Rafael, CA, Cindy Ann Cohn, Fred Von Lohmann, Robin Gross, Electronic Frontier Fdn., San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs.

Mark A. Snyder, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas P. Olson, Peter B. Rutledge, Maren Lee Matal, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Jonathan H. Anschell, White O'Connor Curry & Avanzado, Los Angeles, CA, Steven F. Cherry, Wilmer cutler & Pickering, Tysons Corner, VA, for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., National Broadcasting Co., Inc., Showtime Networks, Inc., United Paramount Network, ABC, Inc., defendants.

Thomas P. Olson, Peter B. Rutledge, Maren Lee Matal, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Andrew M. White, Jonathan H. Anschell, White O'Connor Curry & Avanzado, Los Angeles, CA, Steven F. Cherry, Wilmer cutler & Pickering, Tysons Corner, VA, for Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., NBC Studios, Inc., Viacom Intern., Inc.

Scott P. Cooper, Proskauer Rose, Los Angeles, CA, Robert H. Rotstein, McDermott Will & Emery, Los Angeles, CA, Robert M. Schwartz, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas P. Olson, Peter B. Rutledge, Maren Lee Matal, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Jonathan H. Anschell, White O'Connor Curry & Avanzado, Los Angeles, CA, Steven F. Cherry, Wilmer cutler & Pickering, Tysons Corner, VA, for CBS Worldwide, Inc., CBS Broadcasting, Inc., Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Home Box Office, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Television, Time Warner, Inc., New Line Cinema Corp., Castle Rock Entertainment, WB Television Network Partners, LP, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., Orion Pictures Corp., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Universal City Studios Productions, Inc., Fox Broadcasting Co., defendants.

Robert H. Rotstein, Lisa Stone, McDermott Will & Emery, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas P. Olson, Peter B. Rutledge, Maren Lee Matal, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Jonathan H. Anschell, White O'Connor Curry & Avanzado, Los Angeles, CA, Steven F. Cherry, Wilmer cutler & Pickering, Tysons Corner, VA, for Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., Columbia Tristar Television, Inc., Tristar Television, Inc., defendants.

Mitchell Zimmerman, Emmett Charles Stanton, Fenwick & West, Palo Alto, CA, Thomas P. Olson, Peter B. Rutledge, Maren Lee Matal, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Jonathan H. Anschell, White O'Connor Curry & Avanzado, Los Angeles, CA, Laurence F. Pulgram, Michael Harrison Rubin, Fenwick & West, San Francisco, CA, for RePlay TV, Inc., SONICBlue, Inc., defendants.


ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS; ORDER DENYING MOTION TO STAY; ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

COOPER, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss or, Alternatively, to Stay Proceedings, and Plaintiffs' Motion to Consolidate. These matters were heard on August 12, 2002, at which time the parties were in receipt of the Court's tentative order. For the reasons set forth below, the Court hereby denies...

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