BACKPAGE.COM, LLC v. DART

No. 15-3047.

807 F.3d 229 (2015)

BACKPAGE.COM, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas J. DART, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Grant , Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine , Seattle, WA, Robert Corn-Revere , Attorney, Ronald G. London , Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jill V. Ferrara , Attorney, Daniel Francis Gallagher , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Hariklia Karis , Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


Backpage.com (we'll call it just Backpage) provides an online forum for classified ads sectioned by subject matter, such as rentals, real estate, jobs, and, among still others, "adult." The adult section in turn is subdivided into escorts, body rubs, strippers and strip clubs, dom[ination] and fetish, ts (transsexual escorts...

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