Rye Ridge Corp. v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company
- Lorna Schofield
- 1:20-cv-07132
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Rye Ridge Corp. v. Cincinnati Insurance Company, Judge Schofield scheduled argument on Cincinnati’s dismissal motion and stayed discovery.
The order affects Rye Ridge Corp. and the other plaintiffs, Cincinnati Insurance Company, and the parties’ ongoing discovery and motion-to-dismiss proceedings.
What happened
Rye Ridge Corp. v. Cincinnati Insurance Company involves a motion by the defendant to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims. The parties were pursuing fact discovery, and the plaintiffs told the court they could not provide junior associates for oral argument.
The court scheduled oral argument for January 28, 2021, and directed the parties to address a related insurance case. The court also stayed discovery while it considered the motion to dismiss.
Judge Lorna G. Schofield did not decide the motion to dismiss in this order; she set procedures for the hearing and paused discovery.
The detailed version
- Rye Ridge Corp. v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company · No. 1:20-cv-07132
- Lorna Schofield
- Dec. 29, 2020
Background
The defendant filed a motion to dismiss and requested oral argument. The defendant identified junior associates for the argument as required by the judge’s individual rules. The plaintiffs informed the court that they could not provide junior associates. The parties’ status letter stated that they were pursuing fact discovery.
Order
The court scheduled oral argument on the motion to dismiss for January 28, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Each side was limited to 15 minutes, and the defendant could reserve a few minutes for rebuttal. The court directed the parties to be prepared to address 10012 Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Guy Hepner v. Sentinel Insurance Company, Ltd., No. 20 Civ. 4471 (LGS), 2020 WL 7360252 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 15, 2020).
The court stayed discovery pending resolution of the defendant’s motion to dismiss. This order did not grant or deny the motion to dismiss.
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