Judge Rules in Chat Room Case

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SEATTLE — Chat room users accused by a bankrupt Internet company of posting critical messages in an effort to drive its stock price down will not be identified, a federal judge has ruled.

The company, 2TheMart.com Inc., said it needed the 23 users’ names to defend itself against a shareholder lawsuit that alleges it misled investors. The lawsuit was filed in California after 2TheMart went bankrupt soon after its stock rose more than 2,000 percent, to $50 per share in 1999.

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