judge sues newspaper for revealing source of anonymous posts

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Judge Saffold Files $50M Suit Against Cleveland Newspaper Over Online Comments

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/cleveland-judge-denies-making-online-comments/story?id=10304420

Newspaper Says Judge May Have Commented Online About Her Cases; Judge Fires Back

Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold and her daughter, Sydney Saffold, are seeking $50 million from the Plain Dealer and Advance Internet for disclosing private information. The complaint alleges that the Plain Dealer conspired with the entities that controlled the site's confidential registration database to release information that was promised to be anonymous, according to a statement issued by the judge's lawyer, Brian Spitz

"I'm very disappointed that Sydney became publically involved after the Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com broke their promise not to disclose our personal information," Judge Saffold said in the statement.

The Cuyahoga County judge may have used the newspaper's site, Cleveland.com, to post up to 80 comments under stories, including ones regarding cases Saffold was presiding over, the newspaper said. According to Saffold and her attorney, Spitz, any comments from the username "lawmiss" connected to cases involving Saffold were most likely left by the judge's 23-year-old daughter, Sydney, an aspiring law student.

"She is judicially precluded from commenting on any case before her," Spitz said of Judge Saffold...

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1. Under what theory of recovery which preempts the 1st Amendment? And prove your damages!

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2. "Saffold and her daughter, Sydney Saffold, are seeking $50 million..."

**If** she's lucky, she'll win enough to afford one Happy Meal. Not one per person; one total. They can split it.