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
21. Doe v. SexSearch.com – December 30, 2008, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
22. Barnes v. Yahoo – June 22, 2009, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
23. Federal Trade Commission v. Accusearch, Inc. – June 29, 2009, United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
24. Nemet Chevrolet v. Consumeraffairs.com – December 29, 2009, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
25. Johnson v. Elizabeth Arden dba ComplaintsBoard.com – August 4, 2010, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
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