Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union v. Gonzales
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 22, 2007No. Civil Action 98-5591PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINAL ADJUDICATION
LOWELL A. REED, JR., Senior District Judge.
At issue in this case is the constitutionality of the .Child Online Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 231 (“COPA”) and whether this court should issue a permanent injunction against its enforcement due to its alleged constitutional infirmities. COPA provides both criminal and civil penalties for transmitting sexually explicit materials and communications over the World Wide Web (“Web”) which are available to minors and harmful to them. 47 U.S.C. § 231(a). After a trial on the merits, for the reasons that follow, notwithstanding the…
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