Legal Opinion

American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 6, 2003No. 99-1324PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

This case comes before us on vacatur and remand from the Supreme Court’s decision in Ashcroft v. ACLU, 535 U.S. 564, 122 S.Ct. 1700, 152 L.Ed.2d 771 (2002), in which the Court held that our decision affirming the District Court’s grant of a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (“COPA”) 1 could not be sustained because “COPA’s reliance on community standards to identify ‘material that is harmful to minors’ does not by itself render the statute substantially overbroad for purposes of the First Amendment.” Id.…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  4. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. New York Progress and Protection PAC v. WalshCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
  3. Gonzales v. Google, Inc.District Court, D. North Carolina · 2006
  4. American Civil Liberties Union v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
  5. K. A. v. Pocono Mountain School DistricCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013

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