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AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES v. GOODFRIEND

19 Civ. 7136 (LLS).

558 F.Supp.3d 161 (2021)

AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, CBS Broadcasting Inc., CBS Studios Inc., Fox Television Stations, LLC, Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Universal Television LLC, and Open 4 Business Productions, LLC, Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants, v. David R. GOODFRIEND and Sports Fans Coalition NY, Inc., Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs.

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

Signed September 1, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelica H. Nguyen , Jean Ralph Fleurmont , Tian Huang , Thomas G. Hentoff , Gerson Avery Zweifach , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph M. Terry , Williams & Connolly LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, CBS Broadcasting Inc., CBS Studios Inc., NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Universal Television LLC, Open 4 Business Productions, LLC.

Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Angelica H. Nguyen , Jean Ralph Fleurmont , Tian Huang , Thomas G. Hentoff , Gerson Avery Zweifach , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph M. Terry , Williams & Connolly LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants Fox Televisions Stations, LLC, Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC.

Elizabeth Eilleene Brenckman , Lindsay Michelle Rindskopf , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, R. David Hosp , Caroline Koo Simons , Laura Brooks Najemy , Mark S. Puzella , Sheryl Koval Garko , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Boston, MA, Erin Marie Boyd Leach , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLC, Irvine, CA, Shane D. Anderson , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff David R. Goodfriend.

Elizabeth Eilleene Brenckman , Lindsay Michelle Rindskopf , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, R. David Hosp , Caroline Koo Simons , Laura Brooks Najemy , Mark S. Puzella , Sheryl Koval Garko , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Boston, MA, Erin Marie Boyd Leach , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLC, Irvine, CA, Mitchell L. Stoltz , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Shane D. Anderson , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff Sports Fans Coalition NY, Inc.

OPINION & ORDER

Defendant David R. Goodfriend moves for summary judgment based on a finding of statutory immunity from liability and dismissal of all claims pursuant to the federal Volunteer Protection Act ("VPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 14501 et seq., and the New York Not-For-Profit Corporation law § 720...

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