Court of Justice (Second Chamber) 23 September 2004, C-435/02 and C-103/03 (Axel Springer AG v Zeitungsverlag Niederrhein GmbH & Co. Essen KG (C-435/02) and Hans-Jürgen Weske (C-103/03).)

Parties Grounds Operative part Parties In Joined Cases C-435/02 and C-103/03, REFERENCES for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the Landgericht Essen (Germany) and the Landgericht Hagen (Germany), by orders of 25 November 2002 and 11 February 2003, registered at the Court on 2 December 2002 and 5 March 2003 respectively, in the proceedings Axel Springer AG v Zeitungsverlag Niederrhein