Cambridge Univ. Press v. Becker
| Citation | 863 F.Supp.2d 1190 |
| Decision Date | 11 May 2012 |
| Docket Number | Civil Action No. 1:08–CV–1425–ODE. |
| Parties | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS; Oxford University Press, Inc.; Sage Publications, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Mark P. BECKER, in his official capacity as President of Georgia State University; Risa Palm, in her official capacity as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of Georgia State University; J.L. Albert, in his official capacity as Georgia State University Associate Provost for Information Systems and Technology; Nancy Seamans, in her official capacity as Dean of Libraries at Georgia State University; Robert F. Hatcher, in his official capacity as Vice Chair of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; Kenneth R. Bernard, Jr., Larry R. Ellis, W. Mansfield Jennings, Jr., James R. Jolly, Donald M. Leebern, Jr., William Nesmith, Jr., Doreen Stiles Poitevint, Willis J. Potts, Jr., Wanda Yancey Rodwell, Kessel Stelling, Jr., Benjamin J. Tarbutton, III, Richard L. Tucker, Larry Walker, Rutledge A. Griffin, Jr., C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr., Neil L. Pruitt, Jr., and Philip A. Wilheit, Sr., in their official capacities as members of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Defendants. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Northern District of Georgia |
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Edward Bryan Krugman, John H. Rains, IV, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Anthony B. Askew, Stephen M. Schaetzel, McKeon Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC, Kristen A. Swift, Courtney Suzanne Werner, King & Spalding, LLP, Mary Josephine Leddy Volkert, State of Georgia Law Department, Laura Elisabeth Ashby, Miller & Martin, Atlanta, GA, Jonathan Bloom, R. Bruce Rich, Randi W. Singer, Todd D. Larson, Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.
Katrina M. Quicker, Richard William Miller, Katrina M. Quicker, Ballard Spahr LLP, Stephen M. Schaetzel, Anthony B. Askew, McKeon Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC, Courtney Suzanne Werner, John Weldon Harbin, Kristen A. Swift, Mary Katherine Bates, Natasha Horne Moffitt, King & Spalding, LLP, Laura Elisabeth Ashby, Miller & Martin, Mary Josephine Leddy Volkert, State Of Georgia Law Department, Matthew P. Warenzak Smith Gambrell & Russell Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.
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