Legal Opinion

American Civil Liberties Union v. Johnson

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided November 2, 1999No. 98-2199PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Defendants appeal from the grant of a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of a New Mexico statute, N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-37-3.2(A), which criminalizes the dissemination by computer of material that is harmful to minors. The district court concluded that plaintiffs, the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) and various organizations and entities which communicate on the Internet, had demonstrated that they were likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that section 30-37-3.2(A) violated the First Amendment and the Commerce Clause of the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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  4. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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