Legal Opinion
John Doe, No. 1 v. Hon Eddy Coleman Judge, Pike Circuit Court
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 22, 2016No. 2015-SC-000408-MRUnknownCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
JUSTICE NOBLE
This case presents the question what must a public-figure prove to obtain the identities of anonymous speakers alleged to have defamed him.
I. Background
Appellee William Hickman filed an action in Pike Circuit Court on October 18, 2013 against several anonymous users of the website Topix (hereafter the John Does) claiming that the John Does had posted defamatory statements about him on the website. Hickman claimed that the various statements, which he attached in a transcript, were recklessly published by the John Does. Specifically, his complaint stated…
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