United States Second Circuit

In a declaratory relief action brought by plaintiff in the U.S. seeking a declaration that defendant could not prevail against plaintiff on a libel claim under federal or state law, and that an English default libel judgment was not enforeceable in the U.S., dismissal of defendant is affirmed based on the New York Court of Appeals' answer to a certified question that N.Y. C.P.L.R. section 302(a)(1) does not confer personal jurisdiction over defendant.

Appellate Information

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

Judges

• FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:, Before:  FEINBERG, LEVAL, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Kornstein, Mark Platt, Cecelia Chang and Mikaela A. McDermott, Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Kurt A. Wimmer, Jason P. Criss, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Amazon.com, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Association of American Publishers, Inc., Authors Guild, Inc., Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Publishers Council, Forbes Inc., John Fairfax Holdings, Ltd., Media/Professional Insurance, Media Institute, Newspaper Association of America, Online News Association, Radio-Television News Directors Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and World Press Freedom Committee, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen J. Brogan and Timothy J. Finn, Jones Day, Washington, DC, and Michael Nussbaum, Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.