Langdon v. Google Inc. et al

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Langdon v. Google Inc. et al

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Case 1:06-cv-00319-JJF

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Filed 09/25/2006

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE CHRISTOPHER LANGDON, Plaintiff, v. GOOGLE, INC., d.b.a DELAWARE GOOGLE INC., YAHOO! INC., and MICROSOFT CORP., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 06 - 319 (JJF)

DEFENDANTS YAHOO! INC. AND MICROSOFT CORPORATION'S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTIONS TO DISMISS Defendants' Motions to Dismiss, Plaintiff's Motions for Default (D.I. 25 and D.I. 28) and Plaintiff's Motion to Strike (D.I. 30, D.I. 31 and D.I. 32) are all moot now, as a matter of law, because Plaintiff exercised his right to file an Amended Complaint. The filing of an "amended complaint renders the original complaint a legal nullity." Pennsylvania State Troopers Ass'n v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59537, at *1 (citing Snyder v. Pasack Valley Hosp., 303 F.3d 271, 276 (3d Cir. 2002)). "An Amended complaint supersedes the original version in providing the blueprint for the future course of the lawsuit." Alan Wright, et al., FED. PRAC. AND PROC. § 1476 (2d ed. 1990). "Since plaintiff filed an amended complaint, its original complaint and all motions related to that original complaint are moot." Sumito

Mitsubishi Silicon Corp. v. Memc Electronic Materials, Inc., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5174, at *2 n.2 (D. Del. Mar. 30, 2005) (emphasis added). Yahoo and Microsoft jointly will file a new Motion to Dismiss those claims asserted in the Amended Complaint on an approved schedule.

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DUANE MORRIS LLP /s/ Daniel V. Folt Daniel V. Folt (Del. Bar No. 3143) Gary W. Lipkin (Del. Bar No. 4044) Matt Neiderman (Del. Bar No. 4018) 1100 North Market Street, Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 302.657.4927 Dated: September 25, 2006 Attorneys for Defendants Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corporation

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Gary W. Lipkin, do hereby certify that on September 25, 2006, copies of the foregoing "Defendants Yahoo! Inc. And Microsoft Corporation's Reply In Support Of Their Motions To Dismiss" were served on the following parties in the manner indicated below: Via Federal Express (signature required): Christopher Langdon 1835 Edwin Blvd. Winter Park, FL 32789 Via e-filing: Kurt Michael Heyman, Esq. Proctor Heyman LLP 1116 West Street Wilmington, DE 19801

/s/ Gary W. Lipkin (Del. Bar No. 4044)

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