E-mails criticism is protected speech, court
rules
Posted on Jul 01, 2003 6:32 pm by xix in Legal
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In a free-speech case watched closely by civil
libertarians, California's high court ruled that
a barrage of e-mails sent by a fired Intel
worker disparaging his former employer did not
constitute trespassing.
In a 4-3 decision Monday, the California Supreme
Court overturned a lower-court injunction
barring Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi from sending e-
mail to his former colleagues. Santa Clara-based
Intel had sought the injunction, arguing that
Hamidi was trespassing on its computer servers
just as though he were intruding on private
property.