2TheMart.com Case Archive
- 20010427_2themart_order.html
- the order in the 2TheMart case
- 20010420_eff_2themart_pr.html
- EFF press release after the victory.
- 20010330_eff_aclu_reply_memo_quash.html
- The memo filed in response to 2theMart's
opposition to EFF's motion to quash subpoena, urging the Court to respect the rights of
anonymous Internet poster.
- 20010324_infospace_brief.html
- Brief of non-party Infospace urging Court to
adopt balancing test in revealing identity of anonymous speaker.
- 20010323_2themart_op.html
- Defendant's brief opposing Doe's motion to quash
subpoena issued to Infospace's Silicon Valley Investor Bulletin Board.
- 20010301_proposed_order.html
- Proposed judicial order resulting from
Motion of J. Doe to Quash Subpoena Issued to Silicon Investor/Infospace,
Inc.
- 20010226_quash_memorandum.html
- Memorandum in Support of Motion of J. Doe
to Quash Subpoena Issued to Silicon Investor/Infospace, Inc.
- 20010226_quash_motion.html
- Motion of J. Doe
to Quash Subpoena Issued to Silicon Investor/Infospace, Inc.
- 20010226_eff_aclu_2themart_pr.html
- February 26, 2001 EFF/ACLU press
release on the filing of the briefs in the 2TheMart.com case. EFF and
ACLU-WA ask court to protect identity of anonymous Internet speaker, in
case where the "J. Doe" (who used the pseudonym NoGuano) is not a party
to the case, and no allegations of liability against Doe/NoGuano have
been made.
- 20010420_eff_2themart_pr.html
- EFF press release: Seattle -- In a
precedent-setting ruling on free speech in cyberspace, a federal court
in Seattle yesterday upheld the right to speak anonymously on the
Internet. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Zilly quashed a subpoena
seeking to force an Internet service to disclose the identity of persons
who spoke anonymously on an Internet message board. The American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
represented J. Doe, one of the anonymous speakers, in blocking the
subpoena. This is the 2TheMart.com case a.k.a. the NoGuano case;
officially, In re: 2TheMart.com. (Apr. 20, 2001)