J&J Sports Productions, Inc. v. 291 Bar & Lounge, LLC

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that “plaintiff has made no allegation that [individual defendant] was present for the violation, that he authorized or controlled it, or that he reaped commercial profit from it.”
• noting that, for individual liability to attach, “the complaint must establish that the individual had a right and ability to supervise the violations, as well as an obvious and direct financial interest in the misconduct”
• calculating damages based on “the number of patrons observed in the defendant establishment” and then multiplying that figure by a set amount
• “Section 605 vests the court with broad discretion in determining statutory damages.”
• “Although evidence was submitted to substantiate the costs for service of process, affidavits of service were filed reflecting service on both the individual and corporate defendant by a licensed process server, and the reimbursement requested is well within the norm.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).