YELP INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Nos. G054358, G054422.

17 Cal.App.5th 1 (2017)

YELP INC., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; GREGORY M. MONTAGNA et al., Real Parties in Interest. GREGORY M. MONTAGNA et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. YELP INC., Objector and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

November 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Adrianos Facchetti, Adrianos Facchetti; Aaron Schur and Connie Sardo for Petitioner, Objector and Appellant.

Krongold Law and Steven L. Krongold for Real Parties in Interest, Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Aaron Mackey and Andrew Crocker for Electronic Frontier Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner, Objector and Appellant.

Catherine R. Gellis for Floor64 as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner, Objector and Appellant.

Perkins Coie, James G. Snell, Christian Lee, and Hayley L. Berlin for Automattic Inc., Dropbox, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Google Inc., Pinterest, Inc., Reddit, Inc., Snap, Inc., and Twitter, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner, Objector and Appellant.


OPINION

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