AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. RENO

No. 99-1324.

217 F.3d 162 (2000)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION; Androgyny Books, Inc. d/b/a a Different Light Bookstores; American Booksellers Foundation For Free Expression; Artnet Worldwide Corporation; Blackstripe; Addazi Inc. d/b/a Condomania; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Free Speech Media; Internet Content Coalition; OBGYN.net; Philadelphia Gay News; Powell's Bookstore; Riotgrrl; Salon Internet, Inc.; West Stock, Inc.; Planetout Corporation v. Janet RENO, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Appellant

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed June 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Stiles, United States Attorney, Barbara L. Herwig, Jacob M. Lewis (Argued), Charles Scarborough Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Appellant.

Ann E. Beeson (Argued), Christopher A. Hansen, John C. Salyer, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York, Attorneys for Appellee American Civil Liberties Union.

Ann E. Beeson (Argued), Christopher A. Hansen, John C. Salyer, Stefan Presser, American Civil Liberties Union, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Attorneys for Appellees Androgyny Books, Inc., d/b/a A Different Light Bookstores; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; Artnet Worldwide; Blackstripe; Addazi, Inc., d/b/a Condomania; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Free Speech Media; Internet Content Coalition; OBGYN.Net; Philadelphia Gay News; Powell's Bookstore; Riotgrrl; Salon Internet, Inc.; West Stock, Inc.; Planetout Corporation.

Catherine E. Palmer, Christopher R. Harris, Michele M. Pyle, Douglas A. Griffin, Katherine M. Bolger, Latham & Watkins, New York, New York, of counsel to American Civil Liberties Union.

David L. Sobel, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, D.C., Attorney for Appellee Electronic Privacy Information Center.

Shari Steele, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Bryans Road, Maryland, Attorney for Appellee Electronic Frontier Foundation.

David Affinito Dell'Italia, Affinito, Jerejian & Santola, Orange, New Jersey,

Paul J. McGeady, Robin S. Whitehead, Of counsel, New York, New York, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Morality in Media, Inc. American Catholic Lawyers Association.

Bruce A. Taylor, J. Robert Flores, Chadwicke L. Groover, National Law Center for Children and Families, Fairfax, Virginia,

James J. West, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Attorneys for Amici Curiae-Appellant John S. McCain, Senator; Dan Coats, Senator; Thomas J. Bliley, Representative; Michael G. Oxley, Representative; James C. Greenwood, Representative.

Janet M. LaRue, Family Research Council, Washington, D.C., Attorney for Amicus Curiae-Appellants Family Research Council; Enough is Enough; The Jewish Policy Center.

R. Bruce Rich, Elizabeth S. Weiswasser, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York, New York, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae-Appellees The American Society of Newspaper Editors; Bibliobytes, Inc.; The Center for Democracy and Technology; The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; The Commercial Internet Exchange Association and PSINET, Inc.; Freedom Read Foundation; Internet Alliance; Magazine Publishers of America; The National Association of Recording Merchandisers; People for the American Way; Periodical Book Association; PSINET, Inc.; The Publishers Marketing Association; The Recording Industry Association of America; The Society for Professional Journalists.

Stephen A. Bokat, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.,

Bruce J. Ennis, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C., Attorney Amicus Curiae-Appellee The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Bruce J. Ennis, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C., Attorney for Amicus Curiae-Appellee Internet Education Foundation.

Before: NYGAARD, McKEE Circuit Judges and GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal "presents a conflict between one of society's most cherished rights—freedom of expression—and one of the government's most profound obligations—the protection of minors." American Booksellers v. Webb, 919 F.2d 1493, 1495 (11th Cir.1990). The government challenges the District Court's issuance of a preliminary injunction which prevents the...

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