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After being enjoined by a District Court from enforcing the above provisions, except for the one concerning obscenity and its inherent protection against child pornography, Attorney General Janet Reno appealed directly to the Supreme Court as provided for by the Act's special review provisions.
RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. No. 96-511. Argued March 19, 1997-Decided June 26, 1997.
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844 (1997), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, unanimously ruling that anti-indecency provisions of the 1996 Communications Decency Act violated the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech. [1]
ct Court convened pursuant to the Act entered a preliminary injunction against enforcement of both challenged provisions. The court’s judg-ment enjoins the Government from enforcing §223(a)(1)(B)’s prohibi-tions insofar as they relate to “indecent” communications, but expressly preserve.
27 cze 1996 · 06/28/1996 -- Government to Appeal ACLU v. Reno Decision Protecting Free Speech in Cyberspace; ACLU Encouraged by Supreme Court Ruling on Cable. 04/01/1996 -- Barry Steinhardt asks: "Is Cyberspace Free?" ACLU v. Reno Trial Testimony and Transcripts: Gavel to Gavel Coverage.
20 cze 2017 · In 1997, the Supreme Court ruled in Reno v. ACLU that the federal Communications Decency Act (CDA) is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech. The landmark ruling affirmed the dangers of censoring what one judge called "the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed."
4 lis 1999 · On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, (D.C. No. 98-cv-05591), District Judge: Honorable Lowell A. Reed, Jr.
