Howard University v. Borders
- Lewis Liman
- 1:20-cv-04716
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Howard University v. Borders, Judge Liman corrected a citation’s date in an errata order and said the correction did not affect the opinion’s substance.
The correction applies to the court’s earlier opinion and the parties and readers who rely on that document; the court stated that it did not affect the opinion’s substance.
What happened
Howard University v. Borders involved an August 14, 2022 opinion and order containing a citation error. The opinion text provided does not describe the underlying dispute or the original ruling.
The court said page 5 gave the wrong year for a citation to Pal v. New York University. The citation should have referred to June 30, 2008, rather than June 30, 2018.
Judge Lewis J. Liman issued the August 17, 2022 errata order and said the court was filing an amended opinion and order. He stated that the correction had no effect on the substance of the opinion.
The detailed version
- Howard University v. Borders · No. 1:20-cv-04716
- Lewis Liman
- Aug. 17, 2022
Purpose of the Order
This was an errata order, meaning an order correcting an error in an earlier court document. The court said that its August 14, 2022 Opinion and Order, filed at Docket No. 75, contained a typographical error.
Correction
On page 5, the earlier opinion cited Pal v. New York University, 2008 WL 2627614, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. June 30, 2018). The court stated that the year was incorrect. The citation should read June 30, 2008.
Effect and Disposition
The court said it was separately filing an Amended Opinion and Order containing the correction. It expressly stated that the error and correction had no impact on the substance of the opinion. Judge Lewis J. Liman entered the errata order on August 17, 2022.
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