McVicker v. Trib Total Media, Inc. [1]

William McVicker subpoenaed Trib Total Media, publisher of the South Hills Record and YourSouthHills.com [2], for "information that would disclose the true identities" of the users of seven identified screen names. McVicker, the plaintiff in an employment discrimination case, sought the identities of the posters in order to impeach the testimony of city council members who made the decision to fire him.  The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denied [3] McVicker's motion to compel the newspaper to turn over identifying information.