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FC: Ninth Circuit rules 6-5 that Nuremberg files website is unlawful
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 18:56:56 -0400
Politech archive on Nuremberg files case: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=nuremberg Previous Politech message: "Ninth Circuit agrees to review Nuremberg files case" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02619.html The earlier Ninth Circuit's panel's opinion, written by Judge Kozinski: http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/newopinions.nsf/4bc2cbe0ce5be94e88256927007a37b9/1b21cad7a2e437d988256a1d006a03a1?OpenDocument --- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020516/ap_on_re_us/abortion_appeal_4 Court Rules Against Abortion Foes Thu May 16, 5:08 PM ET By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court reversed course Thursday and ruled that anti-abortion activists who created Wild West-style posters and a Web site condemning abortion doctors can be held liable because their works amounted to illegal threats, not free speech. However, the sharply divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (news - web sites) ordered a lower-court judge to reduce the $108.5 million in punitive damages a Portland, Ore., jury awarded to four doctors who sued the abortion foes. At issue was whether the posters and Web sites violated a 1994 federal law that makes it illegal to incite violence and threaten abortion doctors. In its 6-5 decision, the appeals court called the works a "true threat." [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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