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Carmichael v. White [1]

Submitted by DMLP Staff on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 17:20

Summary

Threat Type: 

Lawsuit

Date: 

07/22/2008

Status: 

Pending

Location: 

New Jersey

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A

Legal Claims: 

Defamation
On July 30, 2008, Alexander Carmichael sued William White for defamation in New Jersey state court.  Carmichael runs the League of American Patriots, a white supremacist group.  White operates Overthrow.com, the website of the American National... read full description
Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

William A. White

Type of Party: 

Individual

Type of Party: 

Individual

Location of Party: 

  • New Jersey

Legal Counsel: 

Pro Se
Description

On July 30, 2008, Alexander Carmichael sued William White for defamation in New Jersey state court.  Carmichael runs the League of American Patriots [2], a white supremacist group.  White operates Overthrow.com [3], the website of the American National Socialist Workers Party.

According to the complaint [4], White posted several articles in May 2008 stating or suggesting that Carmichael and his organization had ties to child pornography and a "pedophile sex network." 

Related Links: 

  • Courthouse News Service: Attorney Says Internet Site Defamed Him [5]
  • MLRC: Lawsuits Against Bloggers [6]
Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

Overthrow.com [3]

Content Type: 

  • Text

Publication Medium: 

Website

Subject Area: 

  • Defamation
Court Information & Documents

Jurisdiction: 

  • New Jersey

Source of Law: 

  • New Jersey

Court Name: 

Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division, Bergen County

Court Type: 

State

Case Number: 

L-005825-08

Relevant Documents: 

PDF icon 2008-07-30-Carmichael Complaint.pdf [7]
CMLP Information (Private)

Threat Source: 

MLRC

CMLP Notes: 

Docket available on Westlaw.

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Source URL (modified on 08/20/2014 - 11:07pm): https://www.dmlp.org/threats/carmichael-v-white

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/carmichael-v-white
[2] http://x4u.0catch.com/leagueap/index.php
[3] http://overthrow.com/
[4] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2008-07-30-Carmichael%20Complaint.pdf
[5] http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/08/11/Attorney_Says_Internet_Site_Defamed_Him.htm
[6] http://www.medialaw.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Hot_Topics/Lawsuits_Against_Bloggers/Lawsuits_Against_Bloggers.htm
[7] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/dmlp.org/files/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2008-07-30-Carmichael%20Complaint.pdf