Henry v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P.
- Gregory Woods
- 1:24-cv-01446
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Henry v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Judge Gorenstein let plaintiffs respond to a new appellate decision affecting pending motions.
The plaintiffs in the three cases and Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P., the defendant in each case.
What happened
Henry v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. is one of three related cases in which the defendant asked the court to dismiss the complaints and remove the plaintiffs’ class allegations.
The defendant notified the court of a recent Second Circuit decision, Solomon v. Flipps Media, Inc., and argued that the decision supported dismissal because the plaintiffs had not alleged disclosure of personally identifiable information.
Judge Gorenstein gave the plaintiffs in all three cases permission to file letters explaining how Solomon affects the pending motions. The letters were due by May 21, 2025.
The detailed version
- Henry v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. · No. 1:24-cv-01446
- Gregory Woods
- May 14, 2025
Background
This order concerns three cases: Henry v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P.; Golland et al. v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P.; and Wong et al. v. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. The defendant in each case had moved to dismiss the complaint and to strike, or remove, the plaintiffs’ class allegations.
On May 8, 2025, the defendant notified the court of the Second Circuit’s recent decision in Solomon v. Flipps Media, Inc. The defendant argued that Solomon was binding authority supporting its motions to dismiss because the plaintiffs had not alleged disclosure of personally identifiable information.
Court’s Action
The court gave the plaintiffs in each of the three cases permission to file a letter addressing Solomon’s effect on the pending motions. The letters were required to be filed by May 21, 2025. The order did not decide the motions to dismiss or the motions to strike the class allegations.
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