Legal Opinion
Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 5, 2001No. 00 CIV. 4871(AKH), 00 CIV. 6219(AKH), 00 CIV. 6249(AKH)PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND STAY PROCEEDINGS
HELLERSTEIN, District Judge.
Promises become binding when there is a meeting of the minds and consideration is exchanged. So it was at King’s Bench in common law England; so it was under the common law in the American colonies; so it was through more than two centuries of jurisprudence in this country; and so it is today. Assent may be registered by a signature, a handshake, or a click of a computer mouse transmitted across the invisible ether of the Internet. Formality is not a requisite; any sign, symbol or action,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by31 opinions
- register.com, Inc. v. Verio, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Bassett v. Electronic Arts, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2015
- Kai Peng v. Uber Technologies, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2017
- United States v. DrewDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2009
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