EFF "Legal Cases - EF-Georgia, EFF, ACLU, et al. v. Gov. & Atty. Gen. of Georgia (State)" Archive

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19970619_efga-v-ga.order

decision of US Distict Judge Marvin H. Shoob, granting ACLU-GA, EFGA, EFF and other plaintiffs a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Georgia (state) "Net police" law (an anti-privacy and anti-free-speech state law passed in 1996). Shoob finds the plaintiffs likely to succeed on the merits of all of their claims (i.e. that the statue is unconstitutional on vagueness, overbreadth and lack of narrow tailoring grounds) as the case proceeds.

960703_efga_complaint.draft

Draft complaint (lawsuit) by EF-Georgia to challenge the Georgia state "Net police" bill. Was included with EFGA's letter to the GA Atty. Gen.

960703_efga_gaag.letter

EF-Georgia letter to GA Attorney General asking for the AG's clarification of the new Georgia state "Net police" law. Included draft lawsuit challenging this law's constitutionality.

960716_gaag_efga.response

Georgia (state) Attorney General's office response to EF-Georgia's request for the AG's office to issue a clarification of the GA "Net police" law. The request was bluntly denied.

960924_aclu-ga.affidavit

Declaration of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_afs.affidavit

Declaration of the Atlanta Freethought Society, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_aids-sp.affidavit

Declaration of the AIDS Survival Project, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_ava.affidavit

Declaration of the Atlanta Veterans Alliance, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_c2.affidavit

Declaration of Community ConneXion, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_eff.affidavit

Declaration of Shari Steele, Electronic Frontier Foundation staff counsel, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_efga.affidavit

Declaration of Electronic Frontiers Georgia, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_efga.brief

Plaintiff's brief in support of motion for preliminary injunction, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_efga.complaint

Plaintiff's revised (improved by ACLU from EFGA original draft) final complaint (lawsuit) filed by ACLU, EFGA, EFF and many other parties against the Governor and Attorney General of the US state of Georgia, challenging the constitutionality of the 1996 GA "Net police" law. The complaint explains that the new law is unconstitutional because it threatens the free speech of Internet and other online service users and providers in numerous ways, that range from making it a crime to use a company's logo to link to their web site (i.e. you get thrown in jail for giving someone free advertising), to making it illegal to use anything but your full, real name online.

960924_efga_case.announce

EFGA, EFF and ACLU joint press release about the constitutional challenge filed Sept. 24, 1996 in Georgia (state), against the new GA "Net police" law, which threatens the free speech rights on online service and Internet users and publishers.

960924_kaye.affidavit

Declaration of GA state Rep. Mitchell Kaye, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_mirken.affidavit

Declaration of Bruce Mirken (journalist), in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_page_factory.affidavit

Declaration of Page Factory, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_pro_solutions.affidavit

Declaration of Professional Solutions, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_psre.affidavit

Declaration of Property Systems Real Estate, in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_troyer.affidavit

Declaration of John Troyer (maintainer of the Safer Sex Page on the World Wide Web), in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

960924_wallace.affidavit

Declaration of Jonathan Wallace (attorney and software entrepreneur), in EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA.

parties.summary

Summary of parties to the EFGA, ACLU, et al. v. GA case.

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GA_netcensor_legis/

link to directory of info on the Georgia (state) "Net police" bill to censor the Internet. Includes full text of both the bill, and the law as it was amended by passage of the bill.

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