Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC
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Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC, 755 F.3d 398 (6th Cir. 2014), is a case in which the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals adopted the Roommates material development test for limiting immunity under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). A libel suit was pursued by Sarah Jones, formerly a high school teacher and Cincinnati Ben–Gals cheerleader, against Dirty World, LLC, (Dirty World) operator of the celebrity gossip web site TheDirty.com, concerning two postings on TheDirty.com that Dirty World refused to remove.
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Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
Full case name | 'Sarah Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Records LLC' |
Argued | May 1, 2014 |
Decided | June 16, 2014 |
Citation | 755 F.3d 398 (6th Cir. 2014) http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/14a0125p-06.pdf |
Holding | |
Defendants' actions immune to suit under the material contribution test. | |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Ralph B. Guy, Julia Smith Gibbons, Richard Allen Griffin |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Gibbons |
Laws applied | |
Communications Decency Act section 230 immunity |
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