Legal Opinion
Overview Books, LLC v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 13, 2010No. 1:08-cv-01842PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VITALIANO, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Overview Books LLC and Lev Tsitrin, bring this action against defendants, the United States of America, the Library of Congress, and James H. Billington in his capacity as the Librarian of Congress, alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendments. Defendants now move to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). The crux of the motion involves an analysis of the related preclusion doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel, which serve the important purposes of preserving the finality of judicial…
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