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Dynacq International, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc. [1]

Submitted by DMLP Staff on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 10:49

Summary

Threat Type: 

Subpoena

Date: 

06/26/2002

Status: 

Concluded

Disposition: 

Subpoena Quashed

Location: 

Texas

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A

Legal Claims: 

Defamation
In June 2002, Dynacq International, Inc. subpoenaed Yahoo! seeking the identity of anonymous posters to its Yahoo! Message Board.  Yaho0! notified the anonymyous posters, and one John Doe moved to quash the subpoena, arguing that the subpoena violated... read full description
Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

Yahoo! Inc. d/b/a Texas Yahoo!

Type of Party: 

Organization

Type of Party: 

Large Organization
Intermediary

Location of Party: 

  • Texas

Location of Party: 

  • California
  • Texas

Legal Counsel: 

Larry Veselka and Asim Bhansali -Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka

Legal Counsel: 

James M. Richardson -Bankston & Richardson, L.L.P. (for John Doe)
Description

In June 2002, Dynacq International, Inc. subpoenaed Yahoo! seeking the identity of anonymous posters to its Yahoo! Message Board [2].  Yaho0! notified the anonymyous posters, and one John Doe moved to quash the subpoena [3], arguing that the subpoena violated his right to speak anonymously and that the Texas court lacked personal jurisdiction over him.  The court quashed the subpoena in a bench ruling, the details of which are not known.  Dynacq appealed the ruling to the Court of Appeals of Texas, but subsequently withdrew its appeal. 

Related Links: 

  • cyberslapp.org:Dynacq International, Inc. v. Yahoo Inc. [4] (scroll to Dynacq entry)
Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

Yahoo! Message Boards - Dynacq Healthcare Inc. [2]

Content Type: 

  • Text

Publication Medium: 

Forum

Subject Area: 

  • Personal Jurisdiction
  • Anonymity
Court Information & Documents

Jurisdiction: 

  • Texas

Source of Law: 

  • United States
  • Texas

Court Name: 

53rd District Court, Texas; Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District

Court Type: 

State

Case Number: 

GN202048 (trial), 03-02-00574-CV (appeals)

Relevant Documents: 

PDF icon SpecialAppearance.Dynacq.pdf [5]
CMLP Information (Private)

Priority: 

1-High

Threat Source: 

CyberSLAPP.org
Public Citizen

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Source URL (modified on 08/20/2014 - 11:05pm): https://www.dmlp.org/threats/dynacq-international-inc-v-yahoo-inc

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/dynacq-international-inc-v-yahoo-inc
[2] http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Business_%26_Finance/Investments/Stocks_%28A_to_Z%29/Stocks_D/forumview?bn=28058&A=L
[3] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/SpecialAppearance.Dynacq.pdf
[4] http://www.cyberslapp.org/cases/index.cfm
[5] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/dmlp.org/files/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/SpecialAppearance.Dynacq.pdf