Thorne v. Tory Burch LLC
- Lewis Liman
- 1:19-cv-10403
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Thorne v. Tory Burch LLC, Judge Liman granted a request to postpone the initial conference and stay discovery pending a motion to dismiss.
Plaintiff Braulio Thorne and defendant Tory Burch LLC; the order postponed their initial conference and stayed discovery pending the motion to dismiss.
What happened
In Thorne v. Tory Burch LLC, the parties jointly asked to postpone the initial conference and pause discovery while Tory Burch LLC’s motion to dismiss was pending.
The court granted the application. If any claims remained after the court decided the motion to dismiss, the parties had to file a joint letter proposing dates for an initial pretrial conference within seven days of that decision.
Judge Liman’s January 30, 2020 order addressed scheduling and discovery only; it did not decide the motion to dismiss or the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Thorne v. Tory Burch LLC · No. 1:19-cv-10403
- Lewis Liman
- Jan. 30, 2020
Background
Tory Burch LLC had filed a motion to dismiss on January 28, 2020. Plaintiff Braulio Thorne and Tory Burch LLC jointly asked the court to postpone the initial conference, which was scheduled for February 10, 2020, and to stay discovery while the motion to dismiss was pending. They stated that the motion could dispose of all claims or affect the scope of discovery if claims remained.
Ruling
The court granted the application. Within seven days after the court decided the motion to dismiss, if any claims remained, the parties were required to file a joint letter proposing dates for an initial pretrial conference. The order did not rule on the motion to dismiss or the merits of the claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.