This page collects documents from lawsuits and similar legal proceedings related to ICANN. They are arranged by initial filing date in descending order.
Moore et al. v. ICANN et al.
(lawsuit in United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama)
ICANN v. RegisterFly
(lawsuit in United States District Court, Central District of California)
Martinez v.
RegisterFly et al.
(lawsuit in the United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina)
C. ITOH v. ICANN
(lawsuit in Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles)
WADND v. ICANN
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Northern District
of California)
CFIT, Inc
v. ICANN
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Northern District
of California)
Registersite.com
v. ICANN
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Central District
of California)
Verisign,
Inc. v. ICANN
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Central District
of California)
SnapNames.com v. ICANN
(lawsuit in Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles)
Syncalot, Inc. v. ICANN
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Northern District
of California)
McNeil v. ICANN
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Northern District of
California)
Pool.com
v. ICANN
(lawsuit in Superior Court of Justice, Ontario, Canada)
Dotster v. ICANN
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Central District of California)
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (15 July 2003)
- Motion
for Temporary Restraining Order (15 July 2003)
- Declaration of Tim Ruiz (11 July 2003)
- Declaration of Martin S. Garthwaite (14 July 2003)
- Declaration of Clint Page (14 July 2003)
- Defendant's
Preliminary Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order (17 July 2003)
- Declaration of Dan Halloran (17 July 2003)
- Declaration of Benjamin R. Turner (17 July 2003)
- Order Denying Temporary Restraining Order (18 July 2003)
- Motion
for Temporary Restraining Order (15 July 2003)
- Minute Order Re: Scheduling Conference (6 August 2003)
- Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (8 September 2003)
- Motion and Motion for Preliminary Injunction (8 September 2003)
- Declaration of Robert R. Parsons (5 September 2003)
- Declaration of Paul Stahura (5 September 2003)
- Second Declaration of Clint Page (5 September 2003)
- Declaration of Harvard P. Spigal (7 September 2003)
- Declaration of Sharon K. Dunham (5 September 2003)
- Plaintiffs' Appendix of State and Legislative Authority in Support of their Motion for Preliminary Injunction (8 September 2003)
- [Proposed] Preliminary Injunction (8 September 2003)
- Defendant's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (HTML) (PDF) (15 September 2003)
- Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendant's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (22 September 2003)
- Order Denying Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (PDF) (10 November 2003)
- Dismissal with Prejudice (PDF) (4 December 2003)
Auerbach v. ICANN
(lawsuit in Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, California)
- Petition (18 March 2002)
- Answer (17 April 2002)
- Amended Answer (1 May 2002)
- ICANN's Motion for Summary Judgment (21 May 2002):
- ICANN's Reply Memorandum (15 July 2002)
- Advisory on Court Ruling in Auerbach v. ICANN Lawsuit (29 July 2002)
- Advisory on Documents Provided to Karl Auerbach (4 August 2002)
- Additional Documents Provided (8 August 2002)
Bord v. Banco de Chile
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia)
- First Amended Complaint (27 December 2001)
- Opinion Dismissing Claims Against U.S. Department of Commerce (15 May 2002)
Smiley v. ICANN
(lawsuit in Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, California)
- First Amended Complaint (1 August 2001)
- Defendant NeuLevel, Inc.'s Corrected Brief in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (17 September 2001)
- Defendant
NeuLevel, Inc.'s Evidence in Support of its Opposition to Plaintiffs'
Motion for Preliminary Injunction (cover page) (14 September 2001)
- Declaration
of Doug Armentrout (14 September 2001)
- Exhibit A: Presidential Directive (1 July 1997)
- Exhibit B: White Paper (5 June 1998)
- Exhibit C: US DoC-ICANN MoU (25 November 1998)
- Exhibit D: NeuLevel-ICANN Registry Agreement (11 May 2001)
- Declaration of Troy S. Watkinson (14 September 2001)
- Declaration of Gerard Davies (14 September 2001)
- Declaration of Tim Switzer (14 September 2001)
- Declaration
of Doug Armentrout (14 September 2001)
- ICANN's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (14 September 2001)
- Declaration of Louis Touton in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (14 September 2001)
- Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendant NeuLevel's Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction; Declaration of Paul Traina (21 September 2001)
- Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendant ICANN's Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction (21 September 2001)
- ICANN's Supplemental Opposition To Plaintiffs' Motion For Preliminary Injunction (5 October 2001)
- Supplemental Declaration of Louis Touton in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (5 October 2001)
Economic Solutions, Inc.
v. ICANN
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Missouri)
- Declaration of Louis Touton (10 November 2000)
- Order Denying Temporary Restraining Order (13 November 2000)
Register.com v. Verio
(lawsuit in United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York, de-accreditation request, and other proceedings)
- Amicus curiae brief submitted by ICANN in Register.com, Inc. v. Verio Inc. (22 September 2000)
- Advisory Concerning Register.com v. Verio Litigation (22 September 2000)
- Order Granting Injunction in Register.com, Inc. v. Verio, Inc. (8 December 2000)
- Verio's Petition for Termination of Register.com's Registrar Accreditation Agreement (21 December 2000)
- Second Advisory Concerning Register.com v. Verio Litigation (26 December 2000)
- Register.com's Response to Verio's Petition for Termination of Register.com's Registrar Accreditation Agreement (26 January 2001)
- Investigation Report by VeriSign Global Registry Services Concerning Verio, Inc.'s Use of Zone File Access (30 January 2001)
- Third Advisory Concerning Register.com v. Verio Litigation (2 February 2001)
- Invitation to Verio to Submit Response in Connection With Petition for Termination of Register.com's Registrar Accreditation Agreement (17 February 2001)
- Verio's Response to Register.com Submission Concerning Petition for Termination (7 March 2001)
- Decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd District Affirming the Injunction in Register.com, Inc. v. Verio, Inc. (PDF) (23 January 2004)