Legal Opinion
Fair Housing Coun., San Fernando v. Roommates. Com
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 3, 2008No. 04-56916, 04-57173PublishedCited by 258 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
We plumb the depths of the immunity provided by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (“CDA”).
Facts1
Defendant Roommate.com, LLC (“Roommate”) operates a website designed to match people renting out spare rooms with people looking for a place to live.2 At the time of the district court’s disposition, Roommate’s website featured approximately 150,000 active listings and received around a million page views a day. Roommate seeks to profit by collecting revenue from advertisers and subscribers.
Before subscribers can search listings or post3 housing…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Reno v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Kenneth M. Zeran v. America Online, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Batzel v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Ben Ezra, Weinstein, & Co. v. America Online Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by258 opinions
- Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs. Com, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
- Johnson v. ArdenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
- Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Force v. Facebook, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2019
- Meanith Huon v. Nick DentonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
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