Taubman Sucks!

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WillowBendMallSucks.com
ShopsAtWillowBendSucks.com
TheShopsAtWillowBendSucks.com
GiffordKrassGrohSprinkleSucks.com

Act 44: I Lose Round Two

On December 7, 2001, Judge Zatkoff ordered me to remove my TaubmanSucks site from the Web.

My non-lawyer's interpretation of the injunction was that I would be free to re-post the content of the website under a new domain name. However, it was pointed out to me that the judge had ordered me to "remove the website," and that I might be held in contempt of that order if I simply changed the name of the website but failed to remove it. Not wanting to go to jail, I pulled the site from the Web.

(Note: This website was originally posted under the domain names TaubmanSucks.com, WillowBendSucks.com, WillowBendMallSucks.com, ShopsAtWillowBendSucks.com, and TheShopsAtWillowBendSucks.com. When Judge Zatkoff ordered me to remove the website, I created a new website, beginning with this page, under the name GiffordKrassGrohSprinkleSucks.com. When the Court of Appeals put a stay on Judge Zatkoff's injunction, I combined the two websites under all six domain names.)

Although I'm not a lawyer, I feel that the judge's order is incorrect. And although it may be unwise to criticize the decision online (especially as the judge has acknowledged that he reads my postings on the Web), I frankly feel that the judge is so obviously hostile to me that I basically have nothing to lose.

Anyway, interspersed with my commentary [which you'll be able to distinguish by its formatting, and by the fact that it's enclosed in brackets, like this passage], this page and the following pages present the judge's injunction ordering me to remove my TaubmanSucks site from the Web. (In the interest of brevity, I haven't commented on every aspect of the decision with which I disagree.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

THE TAUBMAN COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff,

v. WEBFEATS and HENRY MISHKOFF, Defendants.

CASE NO. 01-72987
HON. LAWRENCE P. ZATKOFF

OPINION AND ORDER

AT A SESSION of said Court,
held in the United States Courthouse,
in the City of Detroit, State of Michigan, on
7 DEC 2001

PRESENT: THE HONORABLE LAWRENCE P. ZATKOFF
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is before the Court on the following: 1) Defendants' Expedited Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint; 2) Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction; 3) Defendants' Motion for Change of Venue; 4) Plaintiff's Expedited Motion to Amend Preliminary Injunction. All motions have been fully briefed. The Court finds that the parties have adequately set forth the relevant law and facts and oral argument would not aid in the disposition of the instant motions. See E.D. MICH. L.R. 7.l(e)(2). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that the motions be decided on the briefs submitted. Defendants' Expedited Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint is DENIED; Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction is DENIED; Defendants' Motion for Change of Venue is DENIED; Plaintiff's Expedited Motion to Amend Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED.

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