In re Subpoena Duces Tecum to America Online, Inc.

BY JUDGE STANLEY P. KLEIN

This matter is before the Court on America Online, Inc.’s (“AOL”) Motion to Quash Subpoena seeking disclosure of identifying information for four AOL Internet service subscribers.

Plaintiff Anonymous Publicly Traded Company (“APTC”) seeks to learn the identities of the subscribers so that it can properly name them as defendants in an action it has instituted in the State of Indiana. AOL asserts that the First Amendment rights of its subscribers preclude APTC from obtaining the relief it seeks in this Court. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, the Motion to Quash…