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IdentityLast updated on July 2nd, 2008 Fitch v. DoePosted November 12th, 2007 by Sam BayardIn February 2004, Ronald Fitch filed a John Doe lawsuit in state court in Maine based on a fake e-mail that was circulated in his name. According to papers filed in the lawsuit, an anonymous person set up an e-mail account (fitchisland@hotmail.com) using Fitch's name. On... read more » Last updated on June 5th, 2008 |
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The State of Indiana filed a delinquency petition against a Greencastle Middle School student who had posted derogatory and "vulgar" criticism of the school's anti-body-piercing policy on the social networking site MySpace. The student, referred to in court documents as A.B., critized administrators and created a publicly accessible... read more »