John Doe and Other Members of the Football Team at Illinois State University v. Gte Corporation and Genuity Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that “entities that know the information’s content do not become liable for the sponsor’s deeds,” and noting that § 230(c) preempts contrary state law
• stating that the activity of the internet service provider “does not satisfy the ordinary understanding of culpable assistance to a wrongdoer, which requires a desire to promote the wrongful venture’s suecess” (emphasis added)
• explaining that failure to obtain the consent of all defendants “could have justified a remand,” but because plaintiff failed to raise the issue within 30 days, “the case is in federal court to stay”
• reading “§ 230(c)(1) as a definitional clause rather than as an immunity from liability’
• finding that § 230 is an affirmative defense
• stating that “litigants need not plead around defenses”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).