Gilding v. Carr

John Carr is the former past president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. Carr operates a blog, The Main Bang, on which he often criticizes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In two blog posts in July 2007, Carr wrote about an FAA employee who committed suicide and detailed the actions of the employee's supervisor, John Gilding.

On September 11, 2007, Gilding commenced a lawsuit against Carr, claiming that Carr defamed him and placed him in a false light. Gilding further claims that Carr's blog falsely accused Gilding of "lying under oath in an administrative hearing" and "harrassing and intimidating a subordinate CPC to death." The complaint outlines several other statements that Carr "falsely and maliciously" made on his blog. The complaint requests relief in the form of general and punitive damages.

On October 31, 2007, Carr filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, asserting that Arizona state courts do not have jurisdiction over him because he is a resident of Ohio and has no contacts or business with Arizona.

On April 25, 2008, the court denied Carr's motion to dismiss.