The Case: Suboh v. Borgioli, No. 00-10396
The Court: United States District Court, District Of Massachusetts
The Judge: Chief Judge William G. Young
The Blog: Volokh Conspiracy

As reported in Robert Ambrogi's LawSites, the first direct quote from a blog has appeared in the body of a judicial opinion. The blog quote consists of satirical lyrics written to the tune, "Happy Together" by the Turtles.

In terms of blog citation, Judge Young uses the minimalist method, and provides only the direct URL to Volokh Conspiracy. No direct mention is made to the blog's title (see page 2 of the opinion). This is an interesting approach, because in many cases, a URL will contain the cited weblog's title.

Technically, this is not Volokh Conspiracy's first appearance in a judicial opinion. Volokh and several other superblogs were cited in the footnotes of Batzel v. Smith, a Ninth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals decision.