Legal Opinion
Free Speech Coalition v. Reno
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1999No. 97-16536PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge MOLLOY; Dissent by Judge FERGUSON.
MOLLOY, District Judge:
I
The question presented in this case is whether Congress may constitutionally proscribe as child pornography computer images that do not involve the use of real children in their production or dissemination. We hold that the First Amendment prohibits Congress from enacting a statute that makes criminal the generation of images of fictitious children engaged in imaginary but explicit sexual conduct.
II
In this case, the district court found that the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 (“CPPA” or the “Act”) was…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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