Murphy v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
- Analisa Torres
- 1:19-cv-09919
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Murphy v. AMC Entertainment, Judge Torres denied AMC’s motion to dismiss as moot after Murphy filed an amended complaint.
The ruling affected AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.’s pending motion to dismiss; the court did not decide the merits of the amended complaint.
What happened
In Murphy v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., James Murphy filed an amended complaint on February 28, 2020, on behalf of himself and similarly situated people.
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. had filed a motion to dismiss on February 10, 2020. The parties requested a new schedule for briefing that motion, and the court granted the request.
Judge Torres denied the motion to dismiss as moot and directed the clerk to terminate it from the docket. The order did not decide the claims in the amended complaint.
The detailed version
- Murphy v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-09919
- Analisa Torres
- Feb. 28, 2020
Background
James Murphy sued AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated. Murphy filed an amended complaint on February 28, 2020. AMC had previously filed a motion to dismiss on February 10, 2020.
Court’s Ruling
The parties requested a new briefing schedule for the motion to dismiss, and the court had granted that request. Because Murphy filed an amended complaint after the motion to dismiss the earlier complaint, the court ruled that AMC’s motion was moot. The court denied the motion to dismiss as moot.
The clerk was directed to terminate the motion listed at ECF No. 20. The order did not address the merits of the amended complaint.
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