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IN RE FACEBOOK, INC.

No. 20-0434.

625 S.W.3d 80 (2021)

IN RE FACEBOOK, INC. and Facebook, Inc. d/b/a Instagram, Relators.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: June 25, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy Maltz , Scott Keller , for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

D. Adam Candeub , Kelly Jack Coghlan , Houston, for Amici Curiae Alliance to Counter Online Crime, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.

Bradley G. Hubbard , Dallas, Kelly S. Sandill , Houston, Scott A. Blister , Austin, Kristin A. Linsley , Anthony J. Moreno , Reagan W. Simpson , Collin Joe Cox , Houston, Allyson Newton Ho , Dallas, Kathryn E. Boatman , Houston, for Relator.

Warren W. Harris , Timothy F. Lee , Houston, David Echols Harris , Corpus Christi, L. Boyd Smith Jr. , Pamela McLemore , Michael T. Gallagher , Houston, Louie Cook , Corpus Christi, Annie McAdams , Houston, Michelle Rose Meriam Blair , Matthew Parmet , Margaret E. Bryant , Houston, for Real Party in Interest.

Matthew E. Vigeant , Patrick J. Carome , Ari Holtzblatt , Nina Cortell , Dallas, for Amicus Curiae Internet Association.

Brent Webster , Houston, Kyle Highful , Bill Davis , Austin, Judd E. Stone II , Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.

Gregory Abbott , Jeffrey Oldham , James Sullivan , for Amicus Curiae Abbott, Gregory.

Facebook seeks writs of mandamus directing the dismissal of three lawsuits pending against it in district court. The plaintiffs in all three cases allege they were victims of sex trafficking who became entangled with their abusers through Facebook....

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