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Complaint in ACLU v. Johnson Concerning Online Censorship in New Mexico (04/22/1998)

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.

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

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)

Urofsky v. Allen Complaint (05/08/1997)

Transcript of Day Three of ALA v. Pataki (04/07/1997)
For the Plaintiffs: Matthew Ehrlich, host of LAMBDA conference on ECHO Rudolf Kinsky, artist and member of Art on the Net Maurice Friedman, executive director, Westchester Library System Barry Steinhardt, associate director, American Civil Liberties Union

Transcript of Second Day of ALA v. Pataki (04/04/1997)
For the Plaintiffs: Diane Kovacs , computer consultant (Mrs. Kovacs will present a live Internet demonstration to the court.)

Transcript of Day One in ALA v. Pataki (04/03/1997)
Plaintiff lawyers Christopher Hansen and Ann Beeson, ACLU; Michael Hertz and Anat Hakim, Latham & Watkins (pro-bono attorneys). For the Defendants: Michael McCartney, Investigator, Office of the Attorney General, Buffalo, New York

Plaintiff's Reply Brief in ALA v. Pataki (03/22/1997)

Declaration of Alexis Rosen in ALA v. Pataki (03/19/1997)
Declaration of Public Access Networks Corporation ("Panix") President Alexis Rosen in fight against the CDA and online censorship

Declaration of Todd Sowers in ALA v. Pataki (03/19/1997)
Declaration of New York City Net President Todd Sowers in the battle against the CDA and online censorship

Transcript of the Supreme Court's Oral Argument, Reno v. ACLU (03/19/1997)
Transcript of the Supreme Court's Oral Argument, on March 19th in Reno v. ACLU I, the battle over the CDA.

Declaration of Lile Elam in ALA v. Pataki (03/19/1997)
"Art on the Net" founder Lile Elam's declaration for the plaintiffs in the battle over Internet censorship in ALA v. Pataki