Legal Opinion

Pilchesky v. Gatelli

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 5, 2011No. 38 MDA 2009, 39 MDA 2009PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

FREEDBERG, J.:

Joseph Pilchesky (“Appellant”) appeals from the order of the trial court entered on October 1, 2008, directing him to disclose the identities of six John Doe defendants who appellee and cross-appellant Judy Gatelli (“Appellee”) claims have pseudonymously published defamatory statements about her on an Internet message board hosted by Appellant. Appellee cross-appeals the order, seeking the identities of eight additional John Doe defendants. We quash the appeals in part, vacate the order and remand.

Appellant maintains a website located at www.dohertydeceit.com. The site…

2Cases cited48 opinions

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