Nemet Chevrolet v. Consumeraffairs.com, Inc.
591 F.3d 250 (4th Cir. 2009) Cited 3,247 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that a website did not contribute to alleged illegality
Doe v. Myspace
528 F.3d 413 (5th Cir. 2008) Cited 807 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that CDA bars claims for negligence and gross negligence in not preventing a 13 year old girl from lying about her age to create a personal profile that led to contact by a sexual predator
Batzel v. Smith
333 F.3d 1018 (9th Cir. 2003) Cited 367 times 17 Legal AnalysesHolding that the denial of an anti-SLAPP motion is appealable under § 1291
Ben Ezra, Weinstein, & Co. v. America Online Inc.
206 F.3d 980 (10th Cir. 2000) Cited 280 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that defendant was immune to the defamation claim when it made its own editorial decisions with respect to third-party information published on its website
Universal v. Lycos
478 F.3d 413 (1st Cir. 2007) Cited 164 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding that website operator did not become information content provider “merely because the ‘construct and operation’ of the web site might have some influence on the content of the postings” or because website simply “provided ‘culpable assistance’ to subscribers wishing to disseminate misinformation”
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 362,982 times 962 Legal AnalysesGranting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 230 - Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material
47 U.S.C. § 230 Cited 1,092 times 170 Legal AnalysesPreempting state law