Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Cyberspace Law : From 10/01/01 To 07/01/02
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law |
| Title: | ASHCROFT v. AMER. CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION |
| Date: | 05/13/02 |
| Case Number: | 00-1293 |
| Summary: | The Child Online Protection Act's (COPA) use of "community standards" to identify what material "is harmful to minors" does not by itself render the COPA statute substantially overbroad under the First Amendment. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law |
| Title: | ASHCROFT v. FREE SPEECH COALITION |
| Date: | 04/16/02 |
| Case Number: | 00-795 |
| Summary: | Section 2256(8)(B) of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996, which bans "virtual child pornography," and Section 2256(8)(D), which prohibits the production of pornographic material pandered as child pornography, abridge the freedom to engage in a substantial amount of protected, lawful speech, and are therefore unconstitutional and overbroad. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Communications Law, Cyberspace Law |
| Title: | NAT'L CABLE & TELECOMM. ASS'N, INC. v. GULF POWER CO. |
| Date: | 01/16/02 |
| Case Number: | 00-832 |
| Summary: | 47 USC 224(b) of the Pole Attachments Act, which requires the Federal Communications Commission to set reasonable rates for attachments to telephone and electric poles, also applies to attachments that provide high-speed Internet access at the same time as cable television. |