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R IC H A R D A L L E N .J O N E S
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2 0 ,
2 0 0 6
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C o u rt
3 5 0 M c A llis te r
S tre e t
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D ia g n o s tic s ,In c . v . S to p H u n tin g d o n A n im a l C ru e lty U S A ,In c .,
1 4 3 C a t. A D D . 4 th 1 2 8 4 (2 0 0 6 )
M u llig a n ,
a n d J a c k I. L e rn e r th a t th is C o u rt d e p u b lis h th e o p in io n in th e a b o v e c a p tio n e d c a s e
In te re s t
o f th e N a tio n a l
A s s o c ia tio n
o f B io m e d ic a l
R e s e a rc h
e d u c a tio n
a n d p ro d u c t
s a fe ty
te s tin g .
N A B R 's
m e m b e rs h ip
c o m p ris e s
m o re
th a n
3 0 0 p u b lic
a n d
p r i v a t e u n i v e r s i t i e s , m e d i c a l a n d v e t e r i n a r y s c h o o l s ,t e a c h i n g h o s p i t a l s ,v o l u n t a r y h e a l t h
a g e n c ie s ,
p r o f e s s i o n a l s o c i e t i e s ,p h a r m a c e u t i c a l
c o m p a n i e sa n d o t h e r f i r m s w i t h a n i n t e r e s t i n
a n d
c o rp o ra tio n s .
a n im a ls .
It b e lie v e s
th a t b io m e d ic a l
re s e a rc h e rs s h o u ld
d e v e lo p
a n d e m p lo y
a lte rn a tiv e s
to the
o th e r
a n im a ls .
th e N o v a r/is
c a s e .
In re c e n t y e a rs , a n im a l
rig h ts
a c tiv is ts
h a v e b ro k e n
in to
a n d d e s tro y e d
C a lifo rn ia
S u p re m e
C o u rt
P a g e
2
a c tio n to p ro te c t th e ir e m p lo y e e s if th e y a re to c o n tin u e th e ir im p o rta n t b io m e d ic a l re s e a rc h .
th e N o v a rtis
c a s e , a s o n e o f s e v e ra l a n im a l
rig h ts
e x tre m is t
o rg a n iz a tio n s
e n g a g e d in
a c a m p a ig n
a s ta rg e ts ."J
T h e
s ta te m e n t n o te d
th a t "[h J a ra s s m e n t
o f o th e r b u s in e s s e s , a n d th e e m p lo y e e s
o f
o f p riv a te in fo rm a tio n
a b o u t s u c h in d iv id u a ls , th e ir s p o u s e s a n d e v e n th e ir y o u n g c h ild r e n , a r e
S H A C
a n d lik e - m in d e d
p e rs o n s to
c o e rc e a n d in tim id a te
c o u rts to p ro te c t th e s a fe ty a n d s e c u rity o f th e ir w o rk p la c e s , th e ir e m p lo y e e s , a n d th e ir
p ro te c tio n .
b e c a u s e its a n a ly s is
o f S e c tio n
2 3 0 o f th e C o m m u n ic a tio n s
D ecency
A ct
c o n flic ts
w ith
B a rre ttv .
R o s e n th a l,4 0 C a l. 4 th 3 3 (N o v . 2 0 , 2 0 0 6 ). T h e re is n o s u c h c o n flic t. M o re o v e r,d e p u b lic a tio n
n o t) b e c a u s e th is
C o u rt's
B a rre tt
d e c is io n
w o u ld
c o n tro l.
T h e N o v a r tis c o u r t's d is c u s s io no f S e c tio n 2 3 0 is c o n ta in e din o n ly o n e p a r a g r a p ho f its
"p ro v id e r"
o r "u s e r" o f a n "in te ra c tiv e
c o m p u te r s e rv ic e " u n d e r S e c tio n 2 3 0 , th e s ta tu te w o u ld
D e p a rtm e n t
o f
J u s tic e
(O c t.
2 6 ,2 0 0 5 ))
( a v a ila b le
a t
h ttp ://e p w .s e n a te .2 o v /lO 9 th /S ~ b in -
te s tim o n y .Q Q f.)
C a lifo rn ia
S u p re m e
C o u rt
D ecem ber
2 0 ,
2 0 0 6
P a g e
3
S e c tio n 2 3 0 p ro v id e s th a t " [n ]o p ro v id e r o r u s e ro f a n in te ra c tiv e c o m p u te rs e rv ic e s h a ll
b e tre a te da s th e p u b lis h e ro r s p e a k e ro f a n y in fo rm a tio n p ro v id e d b y a n o th e rin fo rm a tio n
c o n te n tp ro v id e r." 4 7 U .S .C .
s p e e c h ,s u c h a s m e s s a g e sp o s te d to n e w s g ro u p s o n th e In te rn e t re fe rrin g to d o c to rs a s "q u a c k s "
a n d a re d is trib u te d e m a il m e s s a g e a lle g in g th a t o n e d o c to r h a d s ta lk e d w o m e n .
4 0 C a l. 4 th a t 4 0
n .2 .
( 1 ) th e a p p lic a tio n o f s e ttle d p r in c ip le s o f c o n s p ir a c y lia b ility
to th e a n a ly s is o fa n a n ti-S L A P P
m o tio n , a n d ( 2 ) th e r e c o g n itio n o f a n e m p lo y e r 's s ta n d in g to s u e o n b e h a lf o f its e m p lo y e e s
in c r e a s in g ly
c o n fro n t
c o e rc iv e
a n d in tim id a tin g
h a ra s s m e n t b y ra d ic a l
a n im a l
rig h ts
a c tiv is ts .
F o r th e fo re g o in g re a s o n s ,t h is C o u rt s h o u ld d e n y E F F 's re q u e s tfo r d e p u b lic a tio n .
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