Current Litigation
ACLU v. Nopalitano
Challenge to Arizona’s Internet Censorship Law
ACLU preliminary injunction brief
Ashcroft v. ACLU
Challenge to Congress’s second Internet censorship law
Web feature
CCADP v. Stewart
Challenge to Arizona ban on Internet prisoner information
Press release
ACLU’s legal complaint
ACLU’s letter to the Arizona Dept. of Corrections
Edelman v. N2H2 Inc.
Suit to protect censorware research from DMCA
Web feature
Melvin v. Doe
Challenging frivolous breaches of online anonymity
Appeal to Superior Court (PDF)
Press release on appeal (02-26-2001)
Motion to quash subpoena
ACLU Brief
Press release on trial court decision (11-15-2000)
AOL Amicus brief
Multnomah County Public Library v. U.S.
Challenge to library Web blocking law
Web feature
Zieper v. Metzinger
Defending film’s Web site shut down by FBI
ACLU complaint
Amicus Filings
DVDCCA v. Bunner
Defending reposter of DVD-cracking software
ACLU brief
Intel v. Hamidi
Disputing claim that unwanted e-mails are trespass
Press release on Amicus filing (05-12-2000)
ACLU brief
Johnson v. Max
Opposing the judicial ruling of prior restraint for someone suing another over a “defamatory” website
ACLU brief
Mathis v. Cannon
Challenging use of Georgia defamation law to quelch online criticism
ACLU brief
Taubman v. Webfeats
Defending right to use trademarks on “gripe” sites
Press release (05-06-2002)
ACLU brief
Yahoo v. La Ligue Contre le Racisme et L’antisemitisme
Defending non-enforceability of French anti-Nazi law
Press release (05-06-2002)
ACLU brief
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