Source: http://techlawjournal.com/courts/zeran/47usc230.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 05:04:04+00:00

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Zeran v. America Online, Inc., 958 F. Supp. 1124 (E.D.Va. 1997), affirmed by U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, CA-96-1564-A, 129 F.2d 327 (1997); U.S. Supreme Court, Cert. Pet. 97-1488, denied. Court applied 230(c)(1) in holding AOL not liable for defamatory statement contained in posting in various AOL bulletin boards by an AOL subscriber. Zeran's appeal to the Supreme Court was denied.
Copy of Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, Opinion.
Summary of Zeran v. AOL.
Doe v. America Online, Inc., Trial Court Case No. CL 97-631 AE; Decision: 1997 WL 374223 (Fla. Cir. Ct. June 26, 1997). The Court applied 230(c)(1) in holding that AOL was not liable for statements made by an AOL subscriber in an AOL chatroom. Plaintiff appealed to Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeals. (Case No. 97-2587.) The appeals court affirmed the trial court decision, but certified several questions for review by the Florida Supreme Court.
Copy of trial court opinion.
Copy of Florida appeal court opinion.
Blumenthal v. Drudge and AOL, pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Case Number 97-CV-1968. AOL has raised � 230(c)(1) as a defense to Blumenthal's claim that AOL is liable for alleged defamation of content provider Drudge. On 4/22/98 the District Court granted AOL's Motion for Summary Judgment based on �230. The case proceeds against Drudge alone.
Summary of Blumenthal v. Drudge.
Aquino v. Electriciti, Inc., 26 Media Law Reporter (BNA) 1032, (Cal. Super. Ct., Sept. 23, 1997), case dismissed pursuant to � 230(c)(1).
Lunney v. Prodigy Servs. Co., No. 21886194 (NY Sup. Ct. 1/13/98), appeal docketed No. 97-07342 (NY App. Div. Jan 29, 1998). Prodigy's Motion for Summary Judgment was denied on state procedural grounds, without construing �230.
Mainstream Loudoun v. Loudoun County Public Libraries, pending in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria, Case Number Defendant library system has asserted 230(c)(2)(A) as a defense to claim for an injunction barring it from using blocking software. The Court denied Plaintiffs' Motion to Dismiss based on �230.
Summary of Mainstream Loudoun v. Loudoun County Public Libraries.

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