Ambiguous Cobbler Nevada, LLC Dismissal Order – Are all Texas Defendants Dismissed or Not?

Ambiguity arose as to whether every John Doe copyright infringement defendant in the TX Cobbler Nevada, LLC cases was dismissed because of dismissal order in consolidated case.

“Swarm joinder theory” & “Judicial Economy” ruling refuted.

Ruling 1) refutes the “judicial economy” justification for joinder, and 2) clarifies the relationship between bittorrent users for joinder purposes.