Schedule of Witness Appearances in ACLU v. Reno Trial
THE WITNESSES
ACLU et al. v. RENO
(No. 96-963)
&
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION et al v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
(No. 96-1458)
(In Scheduled Order of Appearance)
Thursday, March 21
Scott O. Bradner, senior technical consultant, Information Technology Services, Harvard University (ALA)
Ann W. Duvall, president, SurfWatch Inc. (ALA)
Patricia Nell Warren, author and publisher, WildCat Press (ACLU)
Friday, March 22
Donna Hoffman, associate professor of management, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University (ACLU)
William Stayton, psychologist and Baptist minister (ACLU)
Robert B. Cronenberger, director, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Professor (ALA)
Kiyoshi Kuromiya, director, Critical Path AIDS Project (ACLU)
Monday, April 1
Howard Rheingold, author and cyberspace expert (ACLU)
Barry Steinhardt, Associate Director, ACLU (ACLU)
Stephen Donaldson, Stop Prisoner Rape (ACLU)
Andrew Anker, president and CEO, HotWired (ALA)
Bill Burrington, assistant general counsel and dir. of public policy, America Online (ALA)
April 13 and 25
Government Witnesses to be announced
April 26
Plaintiff Witnesses on rebuttal
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