2d 1088 (2001), was a federal case decided by United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, on the issue of an individual's First Amendment right to speak anonymously on the Internet and a private party's right to disclose the identity of the anonymous Internet user by enforcing a civil subpoena.

The court held that 2TheMart.com (TMRT) failed to show that the identities of these anonymous Internet users were directly and materially relevant to the core defense in the litigation, and thus the subpoena should not be issued.

In a previous case, the shareholders of 2TheMart.com (TMRT) brought a class action against the company, alleging fraud on the market.

In other words, the court supported Doe's contention that TMRT had no right to discover the identity of the anonymous users on the InfoSpace website.

In particular, the court considered the following four factors to decide whether the subpoena should be issued: After analyzing and weighing these four factors, the court held that TMRT failed to show that the identities of these anonymous Internet users were directly and materially relevant to the core defense in the litigation, and thus the subpoena should not be issued.