Legal Opinion
Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided January 7, 2014No. 0116134PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETTY, Judge.
Yelp, Inc. (“Yelp”) appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for the City of Alexandria holding it in civil contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena duces tecum served upon it by Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc. (“Hadeed”).1 On appeal, Yelp assigns two errors to the circuit court’s decision. First, Yelp argues that the circuit court “violated the First Amendment by ordering Yelp to identify seven anonymous Doe defendants, and then by holding Yelp in contempt for its failure to comply with the order, thus stripping the Doe defendants of their First Amendment right to speak…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Geloo v. DoeFairfax County Circuit Court · 2014
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