BRADBURN v. NORTH CENT. REGIONAL LIBRARY

No. 82200-0.

231 P.3d 166 (2010)

Certification from the United States District for the Eastern District of Washington in Sarah BRADBURN; Pearl Cherrington; Charles Heinlen; and the Second Amendment Foundation, Plaintiffs, v. NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY DISTRICT, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duncan Emerson Manville, Savitt Bruce & Willey, L.L.P., Sarah A. Dunne, ACLU, Seattle, WA, Catherine Crump, American Civil Liberties, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Thomas Dean Adams, Celeste Mountain Monroe, Karr Tuttle Campbell, Seattle, WA, for Defendants.

Venkat Balasubramani, Focal, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae for Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation.

John Morris, Jr., Cynthia Wong, Center for Democracy & Technology, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae for Center for Democracy & Technology.

Lee Tien, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Amicus Curiae for Electronic Frontier Foundation.


MADSEN, C.J.

¶ 1 The question in this case has been certified to us from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington:

Whether a public library, consistent with Article I, § 5 of the Washington Constitution, may filter Internet access for all patrons without disabling Web sites containing constitutionally-protected speech upon the request of an adult library patron.

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