Law & Disorder / Civilization & Discontents  Appeals court:
Craigslist not liable for discriminatory ads  A federal appeals
court has upheld a previous decision that said Craigslist …  Is
this ad legal? "af seeking clean, polite roommate who won't
drink all the beer in the fridge and can tolerate loud gangsta
rap all night long. NO UGLIES."  A federal appeals court upheld
a previous ruling in favor of Craigslist on Friday, saying that
the public message board was not liable for discriminatory
postings. The judges said that Craigslist was not a publisher,
but rather an online service provider, and should not be
expected to filter the ads posted by its users.  The case, which
began in February of 2006, was brought by a Chicago-based civil
rights group called the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law. The plaintiffs had argued that Craigslist was
guilty of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 by allowing
users to place housing listings with restrictions like "NO
MINORITIES" or "No children." Th