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YELP, INC. v. HADEED CARPET CLEANING, INC.

Record No. 0116-13-4.

752 S.E.2d 554 (2014)

62 Va. App. 678

YELP, INC. v. HADEED CARPET CLEANING, INC.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

January 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Alan Levy , Washington, DC ( Scott Michelman ; Raymond D. Battocchi ; Public Citizen Litigation Group; Raymond D. Battocchi, P.C., on briefs), for appellant.

Raighne C. Delaney ( James Bruce Davis ; Rachelle E. Hill ; Bean, Kinney & Korman, P.C., Arlington, on brief), for appellee.

Amici Curiae: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American Society of News Editors, Gannett Co., Inc., and The Washington Post ( Kevin M. Goldberg ; Bruce D. Brown ; Gregg P. Leslie ; Robert J. Tricchinelli ; Barbara W. Wall ; John B. Kennedy ; James A. McLaughlin ; Kalea S. Clark ; Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth PLC, Washington, DC, on brief), for appellant.

Present: FRANK, J., PETTY and HALEY, S.J.

PETTY, Judge.

Yelp, Inc. ("Yelp") appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for the City of Alexandria holding it in civil contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena duces tecum served upon it by Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc. ("Hadeed").1 On appeal, Yelp assigns two errors to the circuit court's decision. First, Yelp argues that the circuit court "violated the First Amendment by ordering Yelp to identify seven anonymous Doe...

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