Eight Mile Style, LLC et al v. Apple Computer, Incorporated

Filing 19

ORDER Denying Defendants' 11 Motion to Transfer Venue. Signed by Honorable Anna Diggs Taylor. (JCur)

Eight Mile Style, LLC et al v. Apple Computer, Incorporated

Doc. 19

Case 2:07-cv-13164-ADT-DAS

Document 19

Filed 12/19/2007

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION EIGHT MILE STYLE, LLC and MARTIN AFFILIATED, LLC Plaintiffs, vs. APPLE COMPUTER, INC. and AFTERMATH RECORDS d/b/a AFTERMATH ENTERTAINMENT Defendants. Norman C. Ankers (P30533) Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP 2290 First National Building 660 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48226-3506 [phone] [e-mail] Attorney for Plaintiffs Daniel D. Quick (P48109) Dickinson Wright PLLC 38525 Woodward Avenue, Suite 2000 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48034 [phone] [e-mail] Attorney for Defendants Richard S. Busch (TN BPR#14594) King & Ballow 1100 Union Street Plaza 315 Union Street Nashville, TN 37201 [phone] [e-mail] Attorney for Plaintiffs Kelly M. Klaus Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3500 Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 [phone] [e-mail] Attorney for Defendants Case No. 2:07-cv-13164 Hon. Anna Diggs Taylor

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE [D/E 11]

At a session of said Court, held in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, on: December 10, 2007 PRESENT: ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Case 2:07-cv-13164-ADT-DAS

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Defendants having moved to transfer the venue of this action to the United States District Court for the Central District of California; plaintiffs having filed a response in opposition thereto; and the Court having heard oral argument; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, for reasons stated by the Court in open court on Monday, December 10, 2007, that defendants' motion shall be, and is hereby, denied.

Dated: December 19, 2007

S/ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR United States District Court Judge

Approved as to form: By: s/Norman C. Ankers Norman C. Ankers (P30533) Attorney for Plaintiffs

By: s/Daniel D. Quick Daniel D. Quick (P48109) Attorney for Defendants

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that the foregoing Order was served upon counsel of record via the Court's ECF System to their respective email addresses or First Class U.S. mail disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on December 19, 2007. s/Johnetta M. Curry-Williams Case Manager

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