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CFIT, Inc. v. ICANN

This page collects documents from lawsuits and similar legal proceedings related to ICANN. They are arranged by initial filing date in descending order.

CFIT, Inc. v. ICANN
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Northern District of California)

Order on Stipulation for Dismissal with Prejudice [PDF, 62 KB] 31 May 2011
Stipulation for Dismissal with Prejudice [PDF, 70 KB] 11 May 2011
CFIT's Response to Petition for Hearing and Rehearing En Banc [PDF, 83 KB] 28 July 2009
ICANN's Amicus Brief in Support of Request for Rehearing [PDF, 77 KB] 13 July 2009
dotMobi's Amicus Brief in Support of Request for Rehearing [PDF, 522 KB] 13 July 2009
VeriSign's Petition for Rehearing [PDF, 98 KB] 2 July 2009
9th Circuit Court of Appeal Order Reversing Opinion on VeriSign's Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 137 KB] 5 June 2009
Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Appeal [PDF, 27 KB] 28 April 2009
VeriSign's Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Appeal [PDF, 874 KB] 23 April 2009
CFIT's Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Appeal with Supporting Declaration [PDF, 245 KB] 16 April 2009
VeriSign's Renewed Motion to Dismiss Appeal [PDF, 498 KB] 25 March 2009
Judgment in favor of VeriSign [PDF, 20 KB] 14 May 2007
Order granting VeriSign's Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint with Prejudice [PDF, 66 KB] 14 May 2007
CFIT's Second Amended Complaint against VeriSign (ICANN is no longer a named defendant) [PDF, 1.93 MB] 28 December 2006
Order Granting Motions to Dismiss CFIT's First Amended Complaint [PDF, 75 KB] 08 December 2006
Ex. C to CFIT's Reply in Support of its Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 1.46 MB] 01 December 2006
Ex. B to CFIT's Reply in Support of its Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 45 KB] 01 December 2006
Ex. A to CFIT's Reply in Support of its Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 29 KB] 01 December 2006
Plaintiff's Reply to ICANN's and VeriSign's Opposition to Motion for Leave to Amend [PDF, 249 KB] 01 December 2006
Declaration and Exhibits in Support of VeriSign's Opposition to CFIT's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 1.82 MB] 22 November 2006
VeriSign's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 457 KB] 22 November 2006
Exhibit B to ICANN's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 847 KB] 21 November 2006
Exhibit A to ICANN's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 1.75 MB] 21 November 2006
ICANN's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 85 KB] 21 November 2006
Plaintiff's Amended Notice of Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 34 KB] 03 November 2006
Plaintiff's Proposed Order for leave to file Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 24 KB] 27 October 2006
Plaintiff's Notice of Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 44 KB] 27 October 2006
Plaintiff's Motion for leave to File Second Amended Complaint [PDF, 1.72 MB] 13 October 2006
ICANN'S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 67 KB] 26 May 2006
VERISIGN'S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 1.63 MB] 26 May 2006
CFIT'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION TO MOTIONS TO DISMISS [PDF, 1.10 MB] 17 May 2006
PLAINTIFF'S AMENDED CONSOLIDATED OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 803 KB] 15 May 2006
PLAINTIFF'S CONSOLIDATED OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 801 KB] 15 May 2006
SUPPLEMENTAL JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT [PDF, 292 KB] 03 May 2006
VERISIGN'S CORRECTED NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT THEREOF [PDF, 1.73 MB] 25 April 2006
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT AND FED. R. CIV. P. 26(f) REPORT [PDF, 59 KB] 21 April 2006
ICANN'S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS CIFT'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT THEREOF [PDF, 184 KB] 13 April 2006
ICANN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE ISO MOTION TO DISMISS CFIT'S AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 36 KB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "A" TO ICANN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 383 KB] 13 APRIL 2006;
EXHIBIT "B" TO ICANN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 53 KB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "C" TO ICANN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 27 KB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "D" TO ICANN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 32 KB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "E" TO ICANN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 28 KB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "F" TO ICANN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 24 KB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "G" TO ICANN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 44 KB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "H" TO ICANN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 49 KB] 13 April 2006
VERISIGN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE ISO MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 259 KB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "A" (PART ONE) TO VERISIGN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 2.23 MB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "A" (PART TWO) TO VERISIGN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 1.99 MB] 13 April 2006
EXHIBIT "B" TO VERISIGN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 114 KB] 13 April 2006;
EXHIBIT "C" TO VERISIGN'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [PDF, 117 KB] 13 April 2006
FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS AND FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF [PDF, 1.48 MB] 3 March 2006
EXHIBIT "1" TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 876 KB] 3 March 2006
EXHIBIT "2" TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 903 KB] 3 March 2006
EXHIBIT "3" TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 829 KB] 3 March 2006
EXHIBIT "4" TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [PDF, 1.10 MB] 3 March 2006
Court Order Granting Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and Dismissing CFIT's Complaint [PDF, 73 KB] 28 February 2006
Order Setting Hearing on Application for Preliminary Injunction [PDF, 144 KB] 30 November 2005
Reply Brief in Support of CFIT's Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 148 KB] 29 November 2005
Exhibit "A" to Declaration of Jesse Markham [PDF, 30 KB] 29 November 2005
Declaration of Jesse W. Markham, Jr in Support of Plaintiff's Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 48 KB] 29 November 2005
ICANN's Opposition to Plaintiff's Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 1.48 MB] 29 November 2005
Declaration of Daniel E. Halloran in Support of ICANN's Opposition to Plaintiff's Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 370 KB] 29 November 2005
Declaration of Sean W. Jaquez in Support of ICANN's Opposition to Plaintiff's Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 103 KB] 29 November 2005
Evidentiary Objections to Declarations Offered in Support of Plaintiff's Application for a Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 251 KB] 29 November 2005
Exhibit "D" to Halloran's Declaration and Proof of Service [PDF, 3.94 MB] 29 November 2005
Exhibit "G" to Jaquez's Declaration and Proof of Service [PDF, 1.91 MB] 29 November 2005
Exhibit "A" through "F" to Jaquez's Declaration and Proof of Service [PDF, 1.53 MB] 29 November 2005
Exhibit "H" through "H" to Jaquez's Declaration and Proof of Service [PDF, 2.21 MB] 29 November 2005
Administrative Motion to Determine Whether Cases Should Be Related [PDF, 159 KB] 29 November 2005
Certification of Interested Entities or Persons [PDF, 123 KB] 29 November 2005
Certification of VeriSign, Inc as to Interested Parties [PDF, 111 KB] 29 November 2005
Opposition by Defendant Verisign, Inc to Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 1.62 MB] 29 November 2005
Exhibit "E" to VeriSign's Opposition [PDF, 2.79 MB] 29 November 2005
Exhibit "F" to VeriSign's Opposition [PDF, 2.48 MB] 29 November 2005
Exhibit "H" to VeriSign's Opposition [PDF, 1.41 MB] 29 November 2005
Exhibit "L" to VeriSign's Opposition [PDF, 2.04 MB] 29 November 2005
Declartion of Laurence J. Hutt in Support of Opposition by Defendant VeriSign, Inc [PDF, 1.59 MB] 29 November 2005
Opposition by Defendant VeriSign, Inc to Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 1.62 MB] 29 November 2005
VeriSign Proof of Service [PDF, 204 KB] 29 November 2005
Declaration of Raynor Dahlquist in Support of Opposition by Defendant VeriSign, Inc [PDF, 638 KB] 29 November 2005
Request for Hearing by Defendant VeriSign, Inc on Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 94 KB] 29 November 2005
Declaration of Sean Morris in Support of Opposition by Defendant VeriSign, Inc to Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 2.88 MB] 29 November 2005
Joinder by VeriSign, Inc in Administrative Motion by ICANN to Determine Whether Cases Should Be Related [PDF, 107 KB] 29 November 2005
Proof of Service [PDF, 142 KB] 29 November 2005
[Proposed] Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 69 KB] 28 November 2005
Coalition for ICANN Transperancy Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 72 KB] 28 November 2005
Memorandum in Support of Coalition for ICANN Transparency's Application for a Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 1.33 MB] 28 November 2005
Complaint for Violation of the Antitrust Laws, California Business & Professions Cose Section 17200, and the Lanham Act; Intentional Interference with Prosepctive Economic Advantage; and Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [PDF, 1.94 MB] 28 November 2005
Declaration of Taryn Naidu in Support of the Coalition for ICANN Transparency's Application for an Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 2.62 MB] 28 November 2005
Declaration of Keith L. Butler in Suppoer of the Coalition for ICANN Transperancy's Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 5.87 MB] 28 November 2005
Declaration of Richard L. Chambers in Suppoer of the Coalition for ICANN Transparency's Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 226 KB] 28 November 2005
Declaration of Anthony Farrow in Support of the Coalition for ICANN Transparency's Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 260 KB] 28 November 2005
Declaration of Dr. Michael A. Geist in Suppost of the Coalition for ICANN Transparency's Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF, 12.07 MB] 28 November 2005
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