Automated Summary
Key Facts
The court addressed citations in Defendant Dove Cay, LLC's memorandum in opposition to Plaintiff Pennantia, LLC's motion for a preliminary injunction. The court determined that the cases cited by Dove Cay—Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. v. M/V ANAX and General Elec. Credit Corp. v. Drill Ship Mission Exploration—do not contain the quoted language, and the court could not locate the quotations in any other federal or state court decision. The court directed Dove Cay to file a letter explaining how these apparently nonexistent quotations ended up in its memorandum on or before August 29, 2025.
Issues
The court is addressing false citations in Defendant Dove Cay, LLC's memorandum in opposition to Plaintiff Pennantia, LLC's motion for a preliminary injunction. Dove Cay cited Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. v. M/V ANAX and General Elec. Credit Corp. v. Drill Ship Mission Exploration, but the court found neither case contains the quoted language and could not locate the quotations in any federal or state court decision. The court is ordering Dove Cay to file a letter explaining how these apparently nonexistent quotations ended up in its memorandum on or before August 29, 2025.
Holdings
The court determined that citations provided by Defendant Dove Cay, LLC in its memorandum in opposition to Plaintiff Pennantia, LLC's motion for a preliminary injunction contain apparently nonexistent quotations from the cited cases. The court ordered Dove Cay to file a letter explaining how these quotations ended up in its memorandum by August 29, 2025.
Legal Principles
The court addresses citations in the defendant's memorandum in opposition to a preliminary injunction motion, noting that the cited cases (Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. v. M/V ANAX and General Elec. Credit Corp. v. Drill Ship Mission Exploration) do not contain the quoted language and do not support the propositions cited by the defendant.
Precedent Name
- General Elec. Credit Corp. v. Drill Ship Mission Exploration
- Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. v. M/V ANAX
Judge Name
Sidney H. Stein
Passage Text
- The Court has read Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. v. M/V ANAX, 40 F.3d 741 (5th Cir. 1994), and General Electric Credit Corp. v. Drill Ship Mission Exploration, 668 F.2d 811 (5th Cir. 1982). Neither case contains the language quoted in Dove Cay's brief, nor has the Court been able to locate the quoted language in any other federal or state court decision. Further, those cases do not support the propositions for which Dove Cay cites them.
- Dove Cay is directed to file a letter explaining how these apparently nonexistent quotations ended up in its memorandum on or before August 29, 2025.
Damages / Relief Type
Court ordered Defendant Dove Cay to file letter explaining nonexistent citations by August 29, 2025