Legal Opinion

Marshall's Locksmith Serv. Inc. v. Google, LLC

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 7, 2019No. 18-7018PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Garland, Chief Judge:

Fourteen locksmith companies allege that Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! have conspired to "flood the market" of online search results with information about so-called "scam" locksmiths, in order to extract additional advertising revenue. Am. Compl. ¶ 36. According to the amended complaint, the defendants further this scheme by publishing the content of scam locksmiths' websites, translating street-address and area-code information on those websites into map pinpoints, and allegedly publishing the defendants' own original content. The district court dismissed the amended…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  3. Doe v. MySpace, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
  4. Kenneth M. Zeran v. America Online, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
  5. Hurd v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017

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