Legal Opinion
Doe v. 2TheMart. Com Inc.
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided April 26, 2001No. C01-453ZPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ZILLY, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on the motion of J. Doe (Doe) to proceed under a pseudonym and to quash a subpoena issued by 2TheMart.com (TMRT) to a local internet service provider, Silicon Investor/InfoSpace, Inc. (InfoSpace). The motion raises important First Amendment issues regarding Doe’s right to speak anonymously on the Internet and to proceed in this Court using a pseudonym in order to protect that right. The Court heard oral argument on the motion and issued an oral ruling on April 19, 2001. Due to the importance of the constitutional issues raised by…
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