November 9, 2001
Court Orders Company to Name Professor Behind Anonymous Web Site
A federal court has ordered a company that hosts Web sites to reveal the identity of a professor who runs a site critical of the administration at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
U.S. Magistrate Judge James D. Kirk ordered the company, Homestead Technologies, to give the professor's name to Richard L. Baxter, the university's vice president for external affairs, who filed a motion seeking the information. Mr. Baxter is expected to file a defamation suit against the professor.
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