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ZERAN v. AMERICA ONLINE, INC.

Civil Action No. 1:96cv1564.

958 F.Supp. 1124 (1997)

Kenneth M. ZERAN, Plaintiff, v. AMERICA ONLINE, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

March 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Edwards, Roanoke, VA, Leo Kayser, III, Kayser & Redfern, L.L.P., New York City, James A. Ikard, Abel, Musser Sokolosky Mares Haubrich Burch & Kouri, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff.

Sara Needleman Kline, Patrick J. Carome, John Payton, Samir Jain, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Eric J. Groves, Groves & Tague, Oklahoma City, OK, Randall J. Boe, Elizabeth DeGrzia Blumenfeld, America Online, Inc., Dulles, VA, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff Kenneth M. Zeran ("Zeran") was the victim of a malicious hoax perpetrated via the Internet1 services of defendant America Online, Inc. ("AOL"). An unknown person or persons, acting without Zeran's knowledge or authority, affixed Zeran's name and telephone number to a series of notices on AOL's electronic "bulletin board" advertising t-shirts and other items with slogans glorifying...

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