[YALSA-L:3548] CIPA Decided! (fwd)

[Andrew I. Mutch]

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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 08:28:18 -0500
From: Don Wood <dwood at ala.org>
To: Young Adult Library Services Association List <yalsa-l at ala1.ala.org>
Subject: [YALSA-L:3548] CIPA Decided!

CIPA Decided!

Concluding that "we are constrained to conclude that the library
plaintiffs must prevail in their contention that CIPA requires them to
violate the First Amendment rights of their patrons, and accordingly is
facially invalid," the three-judge panel sitting in the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania ruled Sections 1712(a)(2) and 1721(b) of the Children's
Internet Protection Act to be facially invalid under the First Amendment
and permanently enjoined the government from enforcing those
provisions.

See

http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/02D0415P.HTM

or

http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/02D0415P.ZIP

or

http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/us03011.shtml



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