Legal Opinion
East Coast Test Prep LLC v. Allnurses.com, Inc.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided March 7, 2016No. Civil No. 15-3705 (JRT/JSM)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER VACATING THE ORDER OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE DATED DECEMBER 18, 2015 AND DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ DISCOVERY MOTION
JOHN R. TUNHEIM, Chief Judge, United States District Court
Free speech norms have long stood in tension with anti-defamation laws, and this case is but one more chapter in that ongoing saga. The Court is asked to decide today whether a website may litigate the First Amendment interests of its users, and whether an anonymous speaker’s right to anonymity should be protected in the context of discovery. Neither the Supreme Court nor the Eighth Circuit have provided direction on these…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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