Legal Opinion

Dumas v. Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.

District Court, S.D. California

Decided May 14, 1999No. 98 CV 1772-B(AJB), 98 CV 2121-B (AJB)PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO STAY CASE PURSUANT TO THE FIRST-TO-FILE RULE; DENYING MOTIONS TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); DENYING MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

BREWSTER, Senior District Judge.

I. Introduction

This Order encompasses three motions bearing on five different cases. First, the League and Player Licensor Defendants 1 in Dumas et al. v. Major League Baseball Properties, et al. (“Dumas ”), case no. 98 CV 1772-B (AJB), and Defendant The Topps Company, Inc. (“Topps”) in Rodriquez et al. v. The Topps Company (“Rodriquez ”), case no. 99 CV 2121-B (AJB), bring motions to dismiss,…

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Intersearch Worldwide, Ltd. v. Intersearch Group, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 2008
  2. Inherent. Com v. Martindale-HubbellDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2006
  3. Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. v. PriceDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2000
  4. Dumas v. Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 2000
  5. Rodriquez v. Topps Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 2000

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