The Authors Guild, Inc. et al v. Hathitrust et al

Filing 48

MEMO ENDORSEMENT granting 27 Motion to Intervene. ENDORSEMENT: Motion granted on consent. The clerk is directed to close the motion to intervene. (Signed by Judge Harold Baer on 1/24/2012) (mro)

Case 1:11-cv-06351-HB Document 27

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

USDSSDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED

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THE AUTHORS GUILD, INC., et al.,
Plaintijfo,

v,

Case No. ll-cv-6351(HB)
NOTICE OF MOTION

TO INTERVENE

HATHITRUST, et at,

ORAL ARGUMENT
REQUESTED

Defendcmls,
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the annexed Declal'ations ofDaniel F, Goldstein,
sworn to December 6,2011; Dr, Marc Mauer, sworn to December 6,2011, Georgina Kleege,
sworn to December 5, 2011, Blair Seidlitz, sworn to December 6,201 I, and Courtney Wheeler,
sworn to December 6, 20ll; the accompanying Memoranduffi,ofLaw in Support ofthe Motion
ofthe National Federation of the Blind, Georgina Kleege, Blair Seidlitz and Courtney Wheeler
(collectively, "Proposed Interv.enors) to Intervene as Defendants in: this action; and: all prior
pleadings herein, Proposed Intervenors will move this Court, before the Honorable Harold Baer,
United States District Court Judge, in Courtroom 23B, Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States
Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10017-1312, on the date and time to be set by the
Court, for an ol'del' pursuant to Rule 24 ofthe Fedel'al Rules ofCivil Procedure permitting
Proposed Intervenors to intervene as defendants in this action.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that answering papers, if any, shall be served
upon the undersigned no later than December 23, 2011.

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Dated: New York, New York
December 9, 2011
Respectfully submitted,
THE LAW OFFICE OF
ROBERT J. BERNSTEIN

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By:

Robert J. Bernstein (RB 4230)
380 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10168
Telephone: [phone]

Facsimile: [phone]

Counselfor Proposed Intervenors
The National Federation ofthe Blind,
Georgina Kleege, Blair Se;dlilz and
COltrlney Wheeler
OF COUNSEL:

Daniel F. Goldstein
Laura Ginsberg Abelson
BROWN, GOLDSTEIN & LEVY, LLP
120 E. Baltimore Street
Suite 1700
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 410-385-0869
[e-mail]
Jabelson@bl'Owngold.com

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Harold Baer, Jr., U.S.D.J.
TO:

Date:
Edward H. Rosenthal
Jeremy S. Goldman
FRANKFURT KURNIT KLEIN & SELZ, P.C.
488 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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and
Joseph Peterson
KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
31 W. 52nd Street, 141b Floor
New York, NY 10019
Joseph M. Beck
W. Andrew Pequignot
AUison Scott Roach
KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
Suite 1800
1100 Peachtree Street
Atlanta. GA 30309-4528
Allorneyslor Deflmdants
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY. under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Notice ofMotion to
Intervene ofNational Federation ofthe Blind, Georgina Kleege, Blair Seidlitz and COUl'tney
Wheeler; the accompanying Declarations of Daniel F. Goldstein, Dr. Marc Mauer. Georgina
Keege, Blair SeidUtz and Courtney Wheeler in support thereof; and the accompanying Memorandum in

Support ofthe Motion ofthe National Federation ofthe Blind and Others.to Intervene as
Defendants, are being filed electronically today, and that, upon such filing, pursuant to this
COU1't'S Local Rules and ECF procedures, these documents shall be served electronically on the

above-referenced attorneys fOl' plaintiffs and for defendants at theil' respective email addresses
registered with the Court's ECF system.

Robert J. Bernstein

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Endorsement:
Motion granted on consent.
motion to intervene.

The clerk is directed to close the