Group wants judge’s Facebook ruling overturned

Published February 22, 2013 6:09pm ET



DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A consumer advocacy group objects to a judge ordering a Detroit area man to remove comments critical of a restaurant class-action lawsuit on his Facebook page.

Public Citizen said Friday that Wayne County Circuit Judge Kathleen Macdonald’s ruling violates the First Amendment. The group filed a motion to have the injunction removed.

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