Violet Blue v. Burch [1]

In July 2008, sex columnist Violet Blue [2] requested a restraining order in San Francisco Superior Court against David "Ben" Burch and Nina Alter.  Blue claimed that Burch sent her a threatening email, that Alter published disparaging statements about her on Burch's blog Kicking Pebbles [3], and that both posted several disparaging statements about Blue on Boing Boing [4] and her Wikipedia page [5].  The court denied Blue's request for a restraining order, finding that she failed to meet her burden of proof.