Judge Rejects Sheriff's Suit Against Craigslist

Posted by kdawson on Friday October 23, 2009 @12:49AM from the could-have-told-you-and-did dept.

jjohn24680 passes along word that a federal judge has thrown out a local sheriff's lawsuit accusing the online classified group Craigslist of facilitating prostitution. We discussed the case when it was filed back in March. Here is the decision (PDF). "As was pretty clear at the time, Craigslist is the service provider and is quite obviously protected by Section 230 immunity. ... Even after all of this was clearly explained to Sheriff Dart, he still insisted that his lawsuit made sense. It looks like the court system, however, does not agree. As expected, the case has been dismissed on Section 230 grounds."

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Re:Idiot Sheriff Strikes Again! by Wonko+the+Sane · 2009-10-23 01:48 · Score: 5, Informative

Banks and other instutitions have flagrantly ignoredfederal and state laws, and in many cases it appears that they screwed up so badly that no one actually has legal standing to forclose!