Sienna/Johnson Development v. Calvin [1]

In December 2005, Texas real estate developer Sienna/Johnson Development and its senior vice president Douglas Goff sued Chris Calvin and the Committee for Responsible Development (an organization co-chaired by Calvin).  Sienna and Goff alleged that Calvin posted critical comments about them on three community websites and used multiple pseudonyms to create a false impression of widespread community opposition to the developer's plans to build apartments near his home.  The complaint, filed in Texas state court, included claims for defamation, business disparagement, public nuisance, and tortuous interference with prospective contract.

In December 2006, the parties settled the case. As part of the settlement, they jointly moved the court to enter an "Agreed Permanent Injunction," which prohibited Calvin and his wife Amy from posting anonymous or pseudonymous statements about Goff, Sienna, or any of their partners, affiliates, directors, officers, or employees.  The agreed injunction specifically excluded "truthful critical statements" made in the Calvins' own names.  The court issued the agreed injunction and dismissed the case.