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Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over defamation tort claims.

Day on Torts

Plaintiff’s complaint sought compensatory damages for defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It also sought punitive damages, injunctive relief, and a declaratory judgment that defendants had violated certain statutes. internal citations omitted).

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

Dirty World Entertainment. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. Specifically, § 230 precludes courts from entertaining claims that would place a computer service provider in a publisher’s role. We discussed this issue in relation to the Sixth Circuit’s arguments in Jones v.

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