Section 230 decisions

Select Section 230 decisions from federal and state courts:

1. Zeran v. America Online, Inc. - November 12, 1997, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

2. Ben Ezra, Weinstein, and Co., Inc. v. America Online, Inc. - March 14, 2000, United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

3. Doe v. AOL - March 8, 2001, Supreme Court of Florida

4. Green v. AOL - January 16, 2003, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

5. Batzel v. Smith - June 24, 2003, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

6. Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, Inc. - August 13, 2003, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

7. Doe v. GTE Corporation - October 21, 2003, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

8. International Padi, Inc v. Diverlink - July 13, 2005, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

9. Winter v. Bassett - December 12, 2005, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

10. Almeida v. Amazon.com, Inc. - July 18, 2006, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

11. Whitney Information Network, Inc. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC - August 1, 2006, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

12. Barrett v. Rosenthal - November 20, 2006, Supreme Court of California

13. Universal Communication Systems, Inc. v. Lycos, Inc. - February 23, 2007, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit

14. Perfect 10, Inc. v. CCBill LLC - March 29, 2007, amended May 31, 2007, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

15. Parker v. Google, Inc. - July 10, 2007, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

16. Dimeo v. Max - September 19, 2007, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

17. Roskowski v. Corvallis Police Officers’ Assocation - October 10, 2007, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

18. Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. v. Craigslist Inc. - March 14, 2008, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

19. Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommate.com, LLC - April 3, 2008, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (en banc)

20. Doe v. MySpace Inc - May 16, 2008, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

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