BOWENS v. AFTERMATH ENTERTAINMENT

No. CIV. 02-40170.

254 F.Supp.2d 629 (2003)

Gregory J. BOWENS, a Michigan resident, Paula M. Bridges, an Illinois resident, Gary A. Brown, a Michigan resident, Robert B. Dunlap, a Michigan resident, Phillip A. Talbert, a Michigan resident, Plaintiffs, v. AFTERMATH ENTERTAINMENT, a California corporation, Amazon.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation, AOL Time Warner, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Philip J. Atwell, a California resident, Barnes & Noble, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barnes & Noble. com, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Best Buy Co., a Minnesota corporation, Blockbuster, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Borders Group, Inc., a Michigan corporation, CDnow, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, Chronic 2001 Touring, Inc., a California corporation, Circuit City Stores, Inc., a Virginia corporation, John Doe Number One, John Doe Number Two, Eagle Rock Entertainment, PLC, a British corporation, Eagle Vision, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Germonimo Film Productions, Inc., a California corporation, Harmony House Records & Tapes, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Hastings Entertainment, Inc., a Texas corporation, HMV Media Group PLC, a British corporation, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, LLP, a Michigan limited liability partnership, House of Blues Concerts/Hewitt/ Silva, LLC, a California limited liability company, Ingram Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, Interscope Records, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Ervin Johnson, a California resident, Magic Johnson Productions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Metropolitan Entertainment Group, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Movie Gallery, Inc., a Delaware corporation, MTS, Inc.,/Tower Records, a California corporation, the Musicland Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Panavision, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Radio Events Group, Inc., an Arizona corporation, RED Distribution, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Phil Robinson, a California resident, William Silva, a California resident, Trans World Entertainment Corporation, a New York corporation, Kirdis Tucker, a California resident, Wherehouse Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation, WH Smith PLC, a British corporation, and Andre Young, a California resident, jointly and severally, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

March 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. Tillman, Tillman & Tillman, Detroit, MI, Glenn D. Oliver, Detroit, MI, for Gregory J. Bowens, Paula M. Bridges, Gary A. Brown, Robert B. Dunlap, Phillip A. Talbert, plaintiffs.

Herschel P. Fink, Cynthia G. Thomas, Honigman, Miller, Detroit, MI, for After-Math Entertainment, AOL Time Warner, Inc., Philip J. Atwell, Barnes and Noble, Inc., Barnes and Noble.com, Inc., Best Buy Co., Blockbuster, Inc., Chronic 2001 Touring, Inc., Eagle Rock Entertainment, PLC, Eagle Vision, Inc., Geronimo Film Productions, Inc., HMV Media Group PLC, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, L.L.P., House of Blues Concerts/Hewitt/Silva, L.L. C, Ingram Entertainment Holdings, Incorporated, Interscope Records, Incorporated, Ervin Johnson, Magic Johnson Productions, L.L.C., Metropolitan Entertainment Group, Incorporated, MTS, Incorporated/Tower Records, Musicland Group, Incorporated, RED Distribution, Incorporated, Phil Robinson, William Silva, Trans World Entertainment Corporation, Kirdis Tucker, WH Smith PLC, Andre Young, defendants.

Thomas G. McNeill, Dickinson Wright, Detroit, MI, for Amazon.com, Inc., Borders Group, Inc., defendants.

Eric A. Michaels, Hertz, Schram, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for CDNow, Inc., defendant.

Howard Hertz, Eric A. Michaels, Hertz, Schram, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Steven M. Hayes, Parcher & Hayes, New York, NY, for Bertelsmann AG, defendant.

Stephen M. Kelley, Kelley, Casey, St. Clair Shores, MI, Douglas G. McCray, G.W. Caravas Assoc., Clinton Township, MI, Jayne L. Jakubaitis, Bricker & Eckler, Cleveland, OH, for Circuit City Stores, Inc., defendant.

Raymond L. Morrow, Kemp, Klein, Troy, MI, for Harmony House Records and Tapes, Inc., defendant.

John J. Lynch, III, C. Edward Hildebrandt, Vandeveer Garzia, Troy, MI, for Hastings Entertainment, Inc., defendant.

Laurie J. Michelson, Butzel Long, Detroit, MI, for Movie Gallery, Inc., defendant.

M.J. Stephen Fox, Fox Assoc., Grand Rapids, MI, for Panavision, Inc., defendant.

John E. McSorley, Garan Lucow, Detroit, MI, for Wherehouse Entertainment, Incorporated, defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GADOLA, District Judge.

Before the Court are the following motions: (1) Defendants' Motions to Dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure [docket entries 34, 38, 44, 65, 68, 73, 84, and 98]1 (2) Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Leave to Amend the First Amended Complaint [docket entry 103]; (3) Defendant Musicland Group, Inc.'s Motion to Set Aside Clerk's Entry of...

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