Burdick v. Superior Court (1/14/15)
STATUS:California Court of Appeals holds that there is no personal jurisdiction for case to move forward.
Cal.App.: No Personal Jurisdiction Arising from Allegedly Defamatory Facebook Postings
Washington Post (Eugene Volokh)
The California Court of Appeals recently held that posting allegedly defamatory statements on a person's Facebook page is insufficient in itself to create the contacts necessary to support personal jurisdiction.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/20/no-personal-jurisdiction-in-ca-arising-from-allegedly-defamatory-facebook-postings-targeting-ca-residents-herein-of-posts-second-law-of-judicial-decision-making/
Opinion: http://cases.justia.com/california/court-of-appeal/2015-g049107.pdf?ts=1421280050
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