[The Volokh Conspiracy] Canadian lawsuit seeks coordinates of Weblog comment authors:

[Eugene Volokh]

CalBlog reports: Ted Franks has filed a petition in Montreal, Quebec, seeking the identity of various commenters on the Infotel thread. I was served by registered mail. I got the slip last night and picked it up this morning. The hearing is Friday. Did I mention in Montreal, Quebec? The full petition is attached. I don't know if there's jurisdiction over me in Canada but my litigator's basic instinct says that I lose any right to complain of jurisdiction if I respond in substance. Plus, they want names addresses and phone numbers, none of which I have. So my immediate reaction is to not respond. . . . The post includes the text of the Canadian motion to compel the production of the posters' names. Note that, despite the similarities in the names, La Canada is pretty far from Le Canada. -- Posted by Eugene Volokh to The Volokh Conspiracy at 4/27/2004 11:02:31 AM

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