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Savannah Foods' parent company, Imperial Sugar Co., will find out
the true identities of several people it claims are posting damaging
messages on the Internet.
Friday, the 152nd District Court in Harris County, Texas (Houston
area) ordered Web directory Yahoo Inc. to release the identities of
eight people posting messages about Imperial Sugar on a Yahoo
message board.
Yahoo has until Aug. 3 to release the identities of the eight
users. The eight currently go by the following user names:
ducko-1999, mouthofthesouth1961, bestinthewest-95337, midwestrader,
henryvii2040, shawnelson, irightuwrong, and buy-lower-sell-higher.
Some of the information Yahoo will be giving Imperial Sugar
includes registration records, billing records, login records,
e-mail addresses, posting records and call identification records.
Imperial Sugar officials allege the eight users named in the
court filing have suggested sexual and substance abuse at Imperial
facilities or have possibly violated Securities and Exchange
Commission rules.
According to the court order, Imperial Sugar's request was
granted because not releasing the names "may prevent a failure
or delay of justice in an anticipated suit" (against the people
who posted messages).
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