Legal Opinion
Stayart v. YAHOO! INC.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 28, 2009No. Case 09-C-116PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RUDOLPH T. RANDA, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, Beverly Stayart (“Stayart”), conducted search engine queries with her own name as a search term, and she didn’t like the results. Her queries produced links to pornographic websites, online pharmacies promoting sexual dysfunction drugs, and an adult-oriented online dating service. Stayart alleges that the defendants, Yahoo! Inc. (“Yahoo!”), Overture Services, Inc. (“Overture”), and Various, Inc. (‘Various”), knowingly and intentionally used her name on the internet without authorization. She brings three claims against each of the…
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