United States First Circuit

In an appeal in a dispute about the parties' rights in and to Facebook, an order dismissing the action is reversed where the jurisdictional claim in the amended complaint, which switched the basis of the district court's subject matter jurisdiction from the existence of diversity of citizenship to federal question, warranted full consideration and established federal question jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/03/2008
• Published 04/03/2008

Judges

• SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge., Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.  SELYA and SILER, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John F. Hornick, with whom Margaret A. Esquenet, Meredith H. Schoenfeld, Daniel P. Kaufman, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP, Daniel P. Tighe, Scott McConchie, and Griesinger Tighe & Maffei, LLP were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel K. Hampton, with whom Gordon P. Katz, Holland & Knight, LLP, Annette L. Hurst, and Heller Ehrman LLP were on brief, for appellee Saverin., I. Neel Chatterjee, with whom G. Hopkins Guy, III, Monte M.F. Cooper, Theresa A. Sutton, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, Steven M. Bauer, Jeremy P. Oczek, and Proskauer Rose LLP were on brief, for remaining appellees.