VOOM HD HOLDINGS LLC v. ECHOSTAR SATELLITE L.L.C.

M-1748, 600292/08, 5121N, M-1833

93 A.D.3d 33 (2012)

939 N.Y.S.2d 321

2012 NY Slip Op 658

VOOM HD HOLDINGS LLC, Respondent, v. ECHOSTAR SATELLITE L.L.C., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided January 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York City ( Roy L. Reardon , Blake A. Bell and Ryan A. Kane of counsel), and Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York City ( Charles L. Kerr , Ronald G. White and J. Alexander Lawrence of counsel), for appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York City ( Orin Snyder and Alma Asay of counsel), for respondent.

Goldberg Segalla LLP, Buffalo ( John J. Jablonski of counsel), for amicus curiae.

TOM, J.P., SAXE, CATTERSON and MOSKOWITZ, JJ., concur with MANZANET-DANIELS, J.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MANZANET-DANIELS, J.

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