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Free Speech : Legal Documents

Complaint in Puerto Rico Journalists Association v Robert Mueller (02/10/2006)

District Court Decision in Sullivan et al v. City of Augusta (12/22/2005)
U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. issued an order striking down an Augusta, Maine, parade ordinance, finding that the city unfairly imposed fees and rules on the rights of peaceful protesters seeking to march and gather in the state capital. The ruling comes in a case brought by the Maine Civil Liberties Union.

Complaint in Weise & Young v. Klinkerman, Casper et al. (11/21/2005)

Amicus Brief in Alliance For Open Society International, Inc., et al. v. United States Agency For International Development, et al. (11/09/2005)
The imperatives of PEPFAR and the AIDS Leadership Act are placed in jeopardy by USAID's requirement that public health organizations and other groups that receive funding under the AIDS Leadership Act must adopt a written policy ""explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking.""

Graffiti Permit Dispute, Bloomburg Letter (08/18/2005)

ACLU Amicus Brief in Abdur'Rahman v. Bredesen (06/09/2005)

ACLU Complaint in Clancy v. Snow (05/26/2005)

Albrecht Settlement Agreement (05/24/2005)

Johnson v. Boggs, Plaintiff's Verified Complaint (04/28/2005)
Plaintiff Stephen Lee Johnson ("Mr. Johnson") resides in Zebulon, Georgia and is a citizen of Pike County Georgia. Mr. Johnson is subject to an Order of Arrest and prior restraint for having posted an allegedly libelous website.

Frisbie-Fulton v. O'Connor (02/10/2005)

Miller v. Pilot Point Complaint (01/11/2005)

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