Mandi Jackson, a former cheerleader at Pearl High School, filed a lawsuit against Tommie Hill, her former cheerleading coach, and other school officials, claiming that Hill and other teachers punished and humiliated Jackson after accessing and disseminating the content of private conversations from her Facebook account.

Jackson alleges in her eight-count complaint that on September 10, 2007, Hill requested that she turn over her password to her Facebook account. Compl. ¶ 41. Jackson claims that she never accessed Facebook from a school computer or on school property. Compl. ¶ 42. On that same day, Hill "breached Jackson's Facebook" and "disseminated [her information] to fellow . . . teacher . . . Tiffany Durr, cheer trainer Corey Byrd, Principal Ray Morgigno, Superintendant John Ladner, and other unknown individuals." Compl. ¶¶ 43-44.

Jackson claims that Hill, Durr, Byrd, Morgigno, and Ladner "publicly repremanded, punished and humiliated [her] for a private discussion between [her] and another . . . student on Facebook." Compl. ¶ 45.  Her punishment including being "forced to sit out of cheer and dance training and [to] refrain from participation at school sponsored events." Compl. ¶ 46.

Jackson contends that Hill and the other school employees violated her rights to privacy, to free association, to free speech, and to due process. Further, Jackson claims that Hill and other school employees engaged in the intentional infliction of emotional distress, cruel and unusual punishment, defamation, and conspiracy.

Fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, who works under the label "BoudoirQueen," sued celebrity Courtney Love in California state court over statementsmade on Twitter, on Love's MySpace blog, and on Simorangkir's feedback page on etsy.com,an online marketplace for independent designers. 

Simorangkir allegesthat, after a business dispute arose between the two parties, Love usedTwitter and other online platforms to publish "not only delusional accusations and lies, butthreats of harm."  Cmplt. ¶ 20.  The complaint includes claims for libel, false light invasion of privacy, tortious interference with economic advantage, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and breach of contract.  Simorangkir claims that Love falsely accused her of lying, stealing, dealing drugs, assault, prostitution, and losing custody of her child, among other things.  Cmplt.¶ 24, 26.

Update:

5/5/2009 - Simorangkir filed an amended complaint, dropping one of the breach of contract claims and the claim for intentional inflictional of emotional distress.

8/19/2009 - Love filed a motion to strike under the California anti-SLAPP law.

10/26/2009 - The court denied Love's motion to strike.  The judge found that the subject matter of the Twitter post was not about a matter of public concern and that Simorangkir had shone a probability of proving her defamation case.

3/3/2011 - The Hollywood Reporter reports that case settled for $430,000, plus interest.