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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA MATTHEW CHAN, Appellant
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DOCKET NO.: S14A1652 LOWER COURT NO.: -against - SU13DM409 LINDA ELLIS, COURT OF APPEALS Appellee DOCKET NO.: A14A0014 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF OF APPELLANT MATTHEW CHAN
Respectfully Submitted, Oscar Michelen Georgia Bar No.: H10048 Cuomo LLC Attorneys for Appellant 9 East 38
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 Street Third Floor  New York, NY 10016 William J. McKenney Georgia Bar No.: 494725 McKenney & Froehlich Attorneys for Appellant 50 Polk Street NW Marietta, GA 30064
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Table of Authorities ………………………................... ii
 
2. Preliminary Statement ………………………………… 1
 
3. Statement of Facts …………………………………….. 1
 4. Argument
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POINT I RECENT DECISIONS HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT PROVIDE BROAD PROTECTION TO INTERNET SPEECH THAT IS REPUGNANT EVEN IF IT IS DIRECTED AT OR IS ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR PERSON
 
a.
 
Virginia Federal Court holds Neo-
 Nazi’s posting of attorney and wife’s personal
information and his posts mentioning possible attacks was protected speech and not subject to restraint or sanctions
 
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b.
 
Eleventh Circuit upholds conviction for threatening the President of the United States due to
context and nature of defendant’s Facebook posts
 
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c.
 
Sixth Circuit holds that Section 230 of The Communications Decency Act  protects a blog site owner from the defamatory posts of others
 
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5. Conclusion
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6. Certificate of Service ……………………………………. 14
 
 
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Cases
 
 Bartnicki v. Vopper,
532 U.S. 514,
527…
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  Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roomates.com LLC 
, 521 F.3d 1157 (9
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 Cir. 2008) ........................................................................... 12
 In re White
, 2013 WL 5295652 (E.D.Va. Sept. 13, 2013) ............................. 2
 Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC 
, 755 F.3d 398 (6
th
 Cir. June 16, 2014) ............................................................................................. 9
U.S. v. Castillo
, 564 Fed. Appx. 500 (11
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 Cir. May 2, 2014) ........................ 8
U.S. v. Alaboud 
, 347 F.3d 1293, 1297 n. 3 (11th Cir.2003) ........................... 5
Watts v. United States
, 394 U.S. 705 (1969) .................................................. 9
Statutes
O.C.G.A. § 16-5-
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