Lochrie v. No Phat Pink Chicks

Christy Lochrie is a local journalist and blogger for The Record Searchlight in Redding, California. She authors a blog for the newspaper called "Phat & Pink." Lochrie's former friend Beth Norby created a "local media watch-dog blog" entitled "No Phat Pink Chicks" that criticizes and mocks Lochrie.

Lochrie filed a lawsuit in California state court and sought a restraining order against Norby and requested that Norby be forced to shut down her blog and cease blogging about her. The court denied Lochrie's requests on First Amendment grounds. Gibson acknowledged that Norby's blog was "rude and boorish" but said that it did not constitute harrassment and was protected as free speech under the First Amendment. Norby requested an award of attorney's fees following the decision, which the court denied on grounds that Norby's comments "brought this on."