Legal Opinion
Melvin v. Doe
Loudoun County Circuit Court
Decided June 24, 1999No. Case No. (Law) 21942PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
By Judge Thomas D. Horne
Plaintiff alleges that she has been defamed by an unknown individual. It is suggested that this individual, identified as “John Doe” in the motion for judgment, published defamatory material concerning the plaintiff at a website located on America Online. America Online has its principal place of business in Loudoun County, Virginia. Although there has been no service of process on the defendant, the plaintiff has caused a subpoena duces tecum to issue from the Clerk of this Court, directing that America Online produce “[a]ll documents which identify the individual or…
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