American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression v. Coakley
The U.S. District Court found that a Massachusetts law that criminalized any electronic distribution of “harmful to minors” material was likely unconstitutional.
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American Civil Liberties Union v. Goddard
Jul 22, 2004 | Litigation, U.S. District Court, cases brought by Media Coalition, harmful to minors
The U.S. District Court ruled that Arizona’s “harmful to minors” statute as applied to the Internet is unconstitutional.
Read MoreCyberspace Communications, Inc. v. Engler
Jun 1, 2001 | Litigation, U.S. Circuit Court, U.S. District Court, amicus briefs, harmful to minors
The U.S. District Court ruled that Michigan’s “harmful to minors” law as applied to the Internet violates the First Amendment.
Read MorePress Release: Federal District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Online Censorship Law
Jul 11, 2014 | Press Releases
Today, U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel granted a preliminary injunction against the online censorship law that went into effect in Massachusetts earlier this year. Massachusetts booksellers, trade associations, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed suit in July to block the law because it imposes severe restrictions on constitutionally protected speech on the Internet, on the grounds that such material might be “harmful to minors.” The Court enjoined the law because it did not require that such material was purposefully sent to a person the sender knew to be a minor.
Read MorePress Release: Local Booksellers, National Trade Associations, ACLU, and Others Sue to Block Internet Censorship Law
Jul 11, 2014 | Press Releases
A coalition of organizations and local booksellers today filed suit to block a broad Massachusetts censorship law that bans constitutionally protected speech on the Internet for topics including contraception and pregnancy, sexual health, literature, and art.
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