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MELVIN v. DOE

836 A.2d 42 (2003)

Joan MELVIN, Appellee v. John DOE, Allen Doe, Bruce Doe, Carl Doe, David Doe, Edward Doe, Frank Doe, George Doe, Harry Doe, Irving Doe, Kevin Doe, Larry Doe, and Jane Doe, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Beeson, Pro Hac Vice; Ronald D. Barber, Witold J. Walczak, Pittsburgh, for appellants

John Andrew Valentine, for appellant amicus curiae, America Online, Inc.

John R. Orie, Robert O. Lampl, Pittsburgh, for appellee, Joan Melvin.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.

OPINION

Justice LAMB.

In this appeal, we are asked to review the Superior Court's refusal to overturn the order of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas forcing Appellants, John Doe et al., to reveal their identities to Appellee, Joan Melvin.

Appellee, a former Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge, has been a Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge since November of 1997. In early 1999, Appellants, via a service provided by America...

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