Chicago – from www.dailyherald.com – Craigslist won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the sheriff of Cook County that accused the classified- advertising Web site of creating a public nuisance by providing a forum for prostitution services.

U.S. District Judge John F. Grady in Chicago found that the site was only a conduit for others to publish the ads and wasn’t legally responsible for their content.

The case is Thomas Dart v. Craigslist Inc., 09cv1385, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago).