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· 6/26/2002

Gentry v. eBay, Inc.

Citations

  • 121 Cal. Rptr. 2d 703
  • 99 Cal. App. 4th 816
  • 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5727
  • 2002 Daily Journal DAR 7218
  • 2002 Cal. App. LEXIS 4329

How courts have described this case

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

  • ruling that § 230 barred claims arising from on-line auction site’s endorsements of certain sellers where site automatically generated endorsements based on data from users
  • ruling that § 230 barred claims arising from on-line auction site’s endorsements of certain sellers where site automatically generated endorsements based on data from users
  • holding that a representation that a positive rating on a website was “worth its weight in gold” was a statement of opinion and thus could not support a negligent misrepresentation claim
  • noting that “enforcing appellants’ negligence claim would place liability on eBay for simply compiling false and/or misleading content created by the individual defendants and other coconspirators.”
  • noting that \enforcing appellants' negligence claim would place liability on eBay for simply compiling false and/or misleading content created by the individual defendants and other coconspirators.\
  • noting that “enforc- ing appellants’ negligence claim would place liability on eBay for simply compiling false and/or misleading content created by the individual defendants and other coconspirators.”

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Judges: O'Rourke

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