Polito v. AOL Time Warner Inc.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
1Opinion of the Court
NEALON, J.,
The recipient of harassing electronic communications from pseudonymous authors seeks to compel an internet service provider to reveal the identities of its anonymous subscribers who have transmitted the offensive e-mails and *329instant messages. Based upon the material submitted for review, the requesting party has established that: (1) she has a prima facie basis for asserting criminal or civil liability against the culpable authors; (2) the identifying information is relevant to her claims and necessary to obtain redress; (3) she is seeking the information in good faith and not for…
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