Legal Opinion
Melvin v. Doe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 19, 2003PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice LAMB.
In this appeal, we are asked to review the Superior Court’s refusal to overturn the order of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas forcing Appellants, John Doe et al., to reveal their identities to Appellee, Joan Melvin.
Appellee, a former Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge, has been a Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge since November of 1997. In early 1999, Appellants, via a service provided by America Online, published a statement about Appellee on an Internet webpage known as “Grant Street '99”. The statements posted on the webpage included allegations that…
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