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Highlights in Loudoun Mainstream v. Board of Trustees (04/07/1998)
Highlights of Judge Brinkema's ruling concerning filtering and the 1st Amendment in Loudoun Mainstream v. Board of Trustees

Judge Leonie M. Brinkema's decision in Urofsky v. Allen (02/26/1998)

ACLU Complaint in Mainstream Loudoun v. Board of Trustees (02/05/1998)
ACLU complaint charging that by using blocking software to implement the policy of blocking access to materials that are "pornographic" or "harmful to juveniles" on the Internet, the library board is in fact "removing books from the shelves" of the Web with value to both adults and minors in violation of the Constitution.

Urofsky v. Allen Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgement (10/23/1997)

Decision in Reno v. ACLU I (06/27/1997)
Final Supreme Court decision re. the CDA in Reno v. ACLU I

Supreme Court Decision in Reno v ACLU, et al (06/26/1997)

Supreme Court Decision Striking Down the CDA (06/26/1997)
The Supreme Court declared the Internet to be deserving of the highest First Amendment protection as it struck down the so-called Communications Decency Act.

Judge Preska's Ruling Granting a Preliminary Injunction in ALA v. Pataki (06/20/1997)

Federal District Court Decision in ACLU v. Miller (06/20/1997)

Summary of Decision in ALA v. Pataki (06/20/1997)