Carafano v. metrosplash.com, Inc.

339 F.3d 1119 Christianne CARAFANO, a/k/a Chase Masterson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROSPLASH.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation; Lycos, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Matchmaker.com, Inc., a Texas corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-55658. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 2, 2003. Filed August 13, 2003. Stephen F. Rohde and Mechele M. Berencsi, Rohde & Victoroff, Los Angeles, California, for the appellant. Timothy L. Alger, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the appellee. Patrick J. Carome, Samir Jain, and C. Colin Rushing; Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC; for amici curiae America Online, Inc., eBay, Inc., the Internet Commerce Coalition, and the United States Internet Service Provider Association. Laura A. Heymann, America Online, Inc., Dulles, Virginia; Michael J. Richter and Tod Cohen, eBay, Inc., San Jose, California; James J. Halpert, Piper Rudnick, LLP, Washington, DC; and Stewart A. Baker, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, were also on the brief. Deborah Pierce and Linda Ackerman, Privacyactivism, San Francisco, California, for amici curiae The American Federation…