Opinion
Motion No: M-2660
06-20-2019
Woodstock 50, LLC, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dentsu Inc., Dentsu Aegis Network and Amplifi Live, LLC, Respondents-Respondents.
An appeal having been taken to this Court by petitioner-appellant from the order of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered on or about May 15, 2019, which granted a preliminary injunction enjoining respondents-respondents from cancelling the subject music festival or communicating with the media or festival stakeholders that the festival is cancelled, but denied petitioner's request for a restoration of festival funds,And petitioner-appellant having moved for an appellate injunction requiring the respondents-respondents to restore to the Woodstock 50th Anniversary bank account all funds withdrawn by them, in an amount not less that $18,500,000, plus any other funds removed for non-Festival related purposes, and requiring the respondents-respondents to immediately provide all consents and approvals requested by petitioner-appellant for payment of festival related expenses,And an order of a Justice of this Court, dated May 22, 2019, having denied petitioner-appellant's application for interim relief on condition respondents-respondents deposit the sum of $18.5 million with their attorneys by 5:00 p.m. on May 24, 2019, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is denied and respondents-respondents' attorneys are directed to release to respondents-respondents any funds deposited with them pursuant to the aforesaid interim order of a Justice of this Court dated May 22, 2019.
ENTERED: June 20, 2019
__________ CLERK
Present - Hon. John W. Sweeny, Jr.,Justice Presiding, Dianne T. Renwick Troy K. Webber Jeffrey K. Oing,Justices
M-2660
Index No. 652772/19