Bard
Bard v. GSV Asset Management, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
7 STEPHEN D BARD, Case No. 23-cv-00488-WHO Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTIONS TO DISMISS
v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 13, 15
12 GSV ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, et al., 13 Defendants.
15 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Stephen D. Bard (“Bard”) brought an action for breach of contract, fraud, and intentional interference with contractual relations against GSV Asset Management, LLC 19 (“GSVAM”), Michael T. Moe (“Moe”), SuRo Capital Corporation (“SuRo”) and Mark Klein 20 (“Klein”) stemming from the execution and implementation of a Repurchase Agreement entered 21 by Bard and GSVAM. GSVAM and Moe filed a joint motion to dismiss the reformation, fraud, 22 and aiding and abetting fraud counts asserted against them, as well as to dismiss “the request for 23 punitive damages.” GSVAM and Moe Motion to Dismiss (“GSVAM Mot.”) [Dkt. No. 13] at 1. This motion did not seek to dismiss the breach of contract and breach of implied covenant counts 26 against GSVAM. …