IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION,    :    CIVIL ACTION
    et al.,                        :
               v.                  :
JANET RENO, Attorney General of    :
   the United States               :    No. 96-963
_____________________________________________________________
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION,      :    CIVIL ACTION
  INC., et al.,                    :
               v.                  :
UNITED STATES DEP'T OF JUSTICE,    :
   et al.                          :    No. 96-1458

Before:

Sloviter, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Buckwalter and Dalzell, Judges, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

June 11, 1996

ADJUDICATION ON MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

• I. INTRODUCTION
  • Procedural Background
  • Statutory Provisions at Issue
• II. FINDINGS OF FACT
  • The Nature of Cyberspace
  • Restricting Access to Unwanted On-Line Material
  • Plaintiffs' Choices Under the CDA
• III. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
  • Common conclusions
  • Views of the members of the Court
    • Sloviter
    • Buckwalter
    • Dalzell
• ORDER