Fremgen v. FullofBologna.com [1]

Diane Fremgen, the clerk of courts for Winnebago County, Wisconsin, sued online forum FullofBologna.com [2]; its operator, Dennis Payne; Studio 28, Payne's web design company; and a John Doe known as Mr. Imperfect for defamation after Mr. Imperfect posted two lewd criticisms of Fremgen on FullofBologna.com.  Fremgen, suing in Wisconsin state court, also sought a temporary injunction to force Payne to take down the website and remove the offending comments.

The court immediately granted Fremgen's ex parte request for a temporary injunction, and ordered [3] the forum shut down on March 30, 2006.  As a result, Payne settled and agreed to reveal Mr. Imperfect's IP address and to remove all posts that referenced Fremgen by name.