A Manhattan judge has dismissed a New York attorney’s lawsuit against his aunt and uncle, in which he alleged the Florida couple defaced his Web site by replacing all of his postings with a photograph of the lawyer labeled “Pig of the Year,” in which he leans back in a chair and appears to say, “I’m going to eat everything in site.”

While marking the apogee of a family dispute, the decision also touched upon unsettled issues of personal jurisdiction.