1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.2d
  4. 478 F.Supp.2d
  5. 478 F.Supp.2d 775 (2007)
 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. GONZALES

Civil Action No. 98-5591.

478 F.Supp.2d 775 (2007)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, et al. v. Alberto R. GONZALES in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 22, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Addison F. Golladay, Benjamin Sahl, Christopher R. Harris, Elan R. Dobbs, Jeroen Van Kwawegen, Joseph B. Widman, Katherine E. Marshall, Paul A. Serritella, Seth L. Friedman, Stefanie E. Laughlin, Latham & Watkins, Ann Elizabeth Beeson, Aden J. Fine, Benjamin Elihu Wizner, Catherine Newby Crump, Christopher A. Hansen, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, David L. Sobel, Washington, DC, Jonathan H. Feinberg, Kairys Rudovsky Messing & Feinberg, Mary Catherine Roper, Stefan Presser, ACLU of PA, Philadelphia, PA, for American Civil Liberties Union, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, Addazi, Inc., Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Free Speech Media, Philadelphia Gay News, Powell's Bookstore, Salon Internet, Inc., Heather Corinna Rearick, Nerve.com, Inc., Aaron Peckham, Public Communicators, Inc., Sexual Health Network.

Eric Joseph Beane, Isaac R. Campbell, James D. Todd, Jr., Joel L. McElvain, Kenneth Elliot Sealls, Tamara Ulrich, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Richard M. Bernstein, U.S. Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Alberto R. Gonzales.

FINAL ADJUDICATION

LOWELL A. REED, JR., Senior District Judge.

At issue in this case is the constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 231 ("COPA") and whether this court should issue a permanent injunction against its enforcement due to its alleged constitutional infirmities. COPA provides both criminal and civil penalties for transmitting sexually explicit materials and communications over the World Wide Web ("Web") which...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases