Comments on: Can Blogging Violate the Fair Housing Act?–Revock v. Cowpet Bay West Condo Ass’n https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/04/can-blogging-violate-the-fair-housing-act-revock-v-cowpet-bay-west-condo-assn.htm Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hans_Bader https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/04/can-blogging-violate-the-fair-housing-act-revock-v-cowpet-bay-west-condo-assn.htm#comment-1823 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:26:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=17076#comment-1823 This ruling menaces free speech, and adopts an overly expansive interpretation of the Fair Housing Act, in its ruling against the blogger defendants, as I explain at this link:

http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/04/13/court-revives-harassment-lawsuit-blog-posts-menacing-free-speech/

I am a lawyer who used to practice civil-rights law for a living.

Legal commentator Walter Olson criticizes the Third Circuit’s ruling at this link:

https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/04/third-circuit-bloggers-criticized-condo-neighbors-emotional-support-dogs-must-face-civil-rights-suit/

Lawyer Scott Greenfield questions the ruling at this link:

https://blog.simplejustice.us/2017/04/13/the-third-circuits-support-dog-house/

]]> By: The Third Circuit’s (Support) Dog House | Simple Justice https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/04/can-blogging-violate-the-fair-housing-act-revock-v-cowpet-bay-west-condo-assn.htm#comment-1822 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:30:07 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=17076#comment-1822 […] Well, sometimes the answer is no, when the rules of private accommodations clash with government regulations. […]

]]> By: Third Circuit: neighbors who criticized condo residents over emotional support dogs must face civil rights suit - Overlawyered https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/04/can-blogging-violate-the-fair-housing-act-revock-v-cowpet-bay-west-condo-assn.htm#comment-1820 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:30:12 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=17076#comment-1820 […] Hans Bader and Eric Goldman, who got to the case before either of […]

]]> By: CLIP-ings: April 7, 2017 – CLIP-ings https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/04/can-blogging-violate-the-fair-housing-act-revock-v-cowpet-bay-west-condo-assn.htm#comment-1814 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 14:25:35 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=17076#comment-1814 […] Unfree Eggspression: In an opinion lacking an analysis of First Amendment issues, a federal court has held that two bloggers interfered with the exercise of residents’ fair housing rights when they published numerous online posts deriding the residents for keeping emotional support dogs in their Virgin Islands condos despite the condominium association’s “no dogs” rule. […]

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