Lochrie v. Norby, No. SCRDCVPT-07-0161960 (Cal. Super., Shasta County)

Status: Restraining order denied

Christy Lochrie, a reporter for the Record Searchlight newspaper in Redding, Cal., writes the “Phat and Pink” blog on the newspaper’s web site (blogs.redding.com/redding/clochrie/). Her former friend Beth Doolittle-Norby started her own blog, “No Phat Pink Chicks” (www.nophatpinkchicks.blogspot.com/), which ridiculed Lochrie’s reporting, appearance and personality. Lochrie sued for harassment, seeking a restraining order to stop Norby from maintaining the blog, and to stay away from her. On Feb. 23, 2007, Superior Court commissioner Gary Gibson denied the restraining order.

Links and Court Documents:

http://www.redding.com/news/2008/feb/20/blog-dispute-settled-court

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org//news.aspx?id=19715