Doe v. 2TheMart. Com Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the exchange of ideas on the internet is “driven in large part by the ability of Internet users to communicate anonymously”
• noting that identification is only appropriate where the compelling need for discovery outweighs the First Amendment right of the speakers because litigation may continue without disclosure of the speakers’ identities
• noting that the exchange of ideas on the internet is “driven in large part by the ability of Internet users to communicate anonymously”
• noting that identification is only appropriate where the compelling need for discovery outweighs the First Amendment right of the speakers because litigation may continue without disclosure of the speakers’ identities
• granting motion to quash subpoena seeking identities of anonymous non-party ISP subscribers in shareholder derivative suit
• noting that identification is only appropriate where the compelling need for discovery outweighs the First Amendment right of the speakers because litigation may continue without disclosure of the speakers’ identities

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).