that the CDA should not apply retroactively. Again the court cited §230(d)(3) of the CDA, which reads that "No cause of action may be brought and no liability may be imposed under any State or local law that is inconsistent with this section." The court believed that this statute indicated that, "Congress clearly expressed its intent that the statute apply to any complaint instituted after its effective date," and that therefore any issue of retroactivity was moot. After having lost at the district court and on appeal, Zeran, making similar allegations as above, petitioned the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. On June 22, 1998, the high court declined to hear the case. See also References External links AOL’s legal page on the case An argument that the Fourth Circuit was wrong in its opinion in the appellate decision Kenneth Zeran Commentary AOL’s briefing to the Fourth Circuit Mark Shannon’s personal website 1997 in United States case law United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit cases Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act AOL Oklahoma City bombing United States defamation case law Negligence case law