FACEBOOK, INC. v. K.G.S.

1170244, 1170294 and 1170336.

294 So.3d 122 (2019)

FACEBOOK, INC. v. K.G.S., individually, and as guardian and next friend of Baby Doe, a minor child. Renee L. Gelin v. K.G.S., individually, and as guardian and next friend of Baby Doe, a minor child. Kim McLeod v. K.G.S., individually, and as guardian and next friend of Baby Doe, a minor child.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 2019 in case no. 1170244.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce F. Rogers and Jennifer A. Hanson of Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, LLP, Birmingham; and Paven Malhotra and Sean M. Arenson of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco, California, for appellant Facebook, Inc.

James P. Pewitt , Birmingham, for appellant Renee L. Gellin.

John W. Gray II of Amari & Gray, Birmingham, for appellant Kim McLeod.

Andrew, P. Campbell and Yawanna McDonald of Campbell Guin, LLC, Birmingham; and Joel. A. Williams of Friedman Dazzio Zulanas & Bowling, PC, Birmingham, for appellee.


This case stems from the adoption of "Baby Doe" by his adoptive mother, K.G.S., which was contested by Baby Doe's birth mother, K.R. ("the birth mother"). Details of that contested adoption were reported by the Huffington Post, a Web-based media outlet, and were also disseminated through a Facebook social...

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