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BLUMENTHAL v. DRUDGE

No. CIV.A. 97-1968 PLF.

992 F.Supp. 44 (1998)

Sidney BLUMENTHAL and Jacqueline Jordan Blumenthal, Plaintiffs, v. Matt DRUDGE and America Online, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Alden McDaniel, Jr., McDaniel & Marsh, Baltimore, MD, for Plaintiffs.

Jonathan Walker Emord, Emord & Assoc., P.C., Washington, DC, for Matt Drudge.

Patrick Joseph Carome, John Adolphus Payton, Jr., Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for America Online, Inc.

OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This is a defamation case revolving around a statement published on the Internet by defendant Matt Drudge. On August 10, 1997, the following was available to all having access to the Internet:

The DRUDGE REPORT has learned that top GOP operatives who feel there is a double-standard of only reporting republican shame believe they are holding an ace card: New White House recruit Sidney Blumenthal has...

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