Legal Opinion
Mobilisa, Inc. v. Doe
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided November 27, 2007No. 1 CA-CV 06-0521PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TIMMER, Judge.
¶ 1 This appeal presents our first opportunity to consider the First Amendment rights of internet users to engage in anonymous speech. In doing so, we decide whether the superior court erred by granting a request by appellee Mobilisa, Inc. (“Mobilisa”) to discover from appellant The Suggestion Box, Inc. (“TSB”), an Arizona email service provider, the identity of appellant John Doe 1 (“Doe”), a TSB account holder. For the reasons that follow, we adopt a three-step test for use in evaluating such requests. Although the superior court properly applied the initial two steps…
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