Legal Opinion

United States v. Glassdoor, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided November 8, 2017No. 17-16221PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Glassdoor, Inc. appeals the denial of its motion to quash a grand jury subpoena duces tecum that would require Glassdoor to disclose the identifying information of eight users who posted anonymous reviews about another company on its Internet website, Glassdoor.com. Glassdoor argues that complying with the subpoena would violate its users’ First Amendment rights to associational privacy and anonymous speech. It contends that the district court should have applied the compelling-interest test we laid out in Bursey v. United States, 466 F.2d 1059 (9th Cir. 1972),…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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