COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK v. HOTELS.COM, LP

No. 06 CV 5724(ADS)(WDW).

594 F.Supp.2d 251 (2007)

COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. HOTELS.COM, LP; Hotels.com GP, LLC; Hotwire, Inc.; Trip Network, Inc. (d/b/a Cheaptickets.com); Cendant Travel Distribution Services Group, Inc.; Expedia, Inc.; Internetwork Publishing Corp. (d/b/a Lodging.com); Lowestfare.com, Inc.; Maupintour Holding, LLC; Orbits, Inc.; Orbits, LLC; Priceline.com, Inc.; Site59.com, LLC; Travelocity.com, Inc.; Travelocity.com, LP; Travelweb, LLC; and Travelnow.com, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

August 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, by Robert S. Schachter, Esq., Joseph Lipofsky, Esq., Paul Kleidman, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Lorna Goodman, Nassau County Attorney, Office of the Nassau County Attorney, Mineola, NY, Morrison & Foerster LLP, by Matthew D'Amore, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY, for Defendants Site59.com, LLC, Travelocity.com, Inc., Travelocity.com LP; Orbitz, Inc., Orbitz, LLC; Internetwork Publishing Corp. (d/ b/a Lodging.com), Trip Network, Inc. (d/ b/a Cheap Tickets.com), Travelport Inc. (f/k/a Cendant Travel Distribution Services Group, Inc.), Hotels.com, L.P., Hotels.com GP, LLC, Hotwire, Inc., Expedia, Inc., Travelnow.com, Inc., and Maupintour Holding, LLC.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, by Susan L. Saltzstein, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY, for Defendants Priceline.com Incorporated, Lowestfare.com Incorporated, and Travelweb LLC.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

This putative class-action lawsuit arises out of claims by the County of Nassau, New York (the "plaintiff" or the "County"), on behalf of itself and all other similarly situated Counties in the State of New York, that the seventeen defendants failed to fully remit to the plaintiff hotel taxes that they collected on rooms sold to the public. Presently before the Court is a motion by the defendants...

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