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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But..but..but... by skgrey · 2009-10-23 01:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Sorry Mr. Sheriff. If you want to change the laws you too have to go through the proper process, you can't just circumvent the system even though "it feels like it should be that way". Someone should kick his ass out of authority. Anyone with power over the public (such as a Sheriff) who doesn't understand the law, even after explained to him, doesn't deserve to be the one looked at to uphold it.