RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, et al.
v.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION et al.
United States Supreme Court.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 19, 1997.
Decided June 26, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Deputy Solicitor General Waxman argued the cause for appellants. On the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Irving L. Gornstein, Barbara L. Herwig, and Jacob M. Lewis.
Bruce J. Ennis, Jr., argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief for appellees American Library Association et al. were Ann M. Kappler, Paul M. Smith, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., John B. Morris, Jr., Jill Lesser, Richard M. Schmidt, Jr., Bruce Rich, James Wheaton, Jerry Berman, Elliot M. Mincberg, Lawrence S. Ottinger, Andrew J. Schwartzman, Ronald L. Plesser, James J. Halpert, Michael Traynor, Robert P. Taylor, Rene Milam, Marc Jacobson, Bruce W. Sanford, and Henry S. Hoberman. Christopher A. Hansen, Steven R. Shapiro, Marjorie Heins, Catherine Weiss, Stefan Presser, David L. Sobel, Marc Rotenberg, and Roger Evans filed a brief for appellees American Civil Liberties Union Foundation et al.*
Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J.,filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, in which Rehnquist, C. J., joined, p. 886.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice Stevens, delivered the opinion of the Court.
At issue is the constitutionality of two statutory provisions enacted to protect minors from "indecent" and "patently offensive" communications on the Internet. Notwithstanding the legitimacy and importance of the congressional goal of protecting children from harmful materials, we agree with the three-judge District Court that the statute abridges "the freedom of speech...
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