Dimeo v. Max, Civil No. 06-1544 (E.D. Pa. dismissed May 26, 2006), dismissal affirmed, No. 06-3171 (3rd Cir. Sept. 19, 2007) (unpublished).

Status: Dismissal affirmed.

A federal judge dismissed party promoter Anthony DiMeo III's lawsuit over comments posted in message board area of the tuckermax.com website regarding a New Year's Eve party that he organized, citing section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The 3d Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.

Links and Court Documents:
http://www.citmedialaw.org/dimeo-v-max
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1149152717145
http://blogs.philly.com/blinq/2006/05/tucker_max_may_.html
http://messageboard.tuckermax.com/showthread.php?t=9804
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20070924_Dan_Gross___A_break_for_bloggers.html
Trial court dismissal: http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/06D0657P.pdf 3d Circuit opinion: http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/063171np.pdf

NOTE: This case involves a bulletin board on a blog site, not the blog itself. But it is included because the blog was named as a the defendant, not the person who posted the bulletin board comments.