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I.M.L. v. STATE

No. 20010159.

61 P.3d 1038 (2002)

2002 UT 110

In re I.M.L., a minor, Appellant, v. STATE of Utah, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Clark, Janelle P. Eurick, Richard A. Van Wagoner, Robert J. Shelby, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Laura B. Dupaix, Kent M. Barry, Asst. Att'ys Gen., Salt Lake City, Leo Kanell, Beaver, for appellee.

Jeffrey J. Hunt, David C. Reymann, Salt Lake City, Amicus Curiae.

DURHAM, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 In this case we consider the application of a law drafted more than one hundred years ago to the most modern of preoccupations—the Internet. I.M.L., a high school student, was charged with criminal libel for creating an Internet web site on which he displayed disparaging comments about his teachers, classmates, and principal. He moved to dismiss, claiming that the statute under which he was charged unduly burdens free speech...

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