AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOC INC v UNITED STATES


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Keywords & Phrases

CaseNo: ALAIVUS212951, Plaintiff: AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOC INC, State: PA Pennsylvania, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>ALAIVUS212951, Internet, Libraries, Act, United States, Speech, Communications, Protection, Filtering Software, Pennsylvania, Commission, Imposes, Resources, Patrons, Majority, Blocking Software, Computers, Constitution, Technology, E-rate Discounts, Provisions, Lsta Funds, District Court, Protected Expression, Individual Rights, Beverly Sheppard, Chipa, Nationwide, Aclu, Internet Terminals , ContentID: 120245765

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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS

LIBRARIES
ACT
UNITED STATES
SPEECH
COMMUNICATIONS
PROTECTION
FILTERING SOFTWARE
MEMBERS
PENNSYLVANIA
COMMISSION
IMPOSES
RESOURCES
PATRONS
MAJORITY
BLOCKING SOFTWARE
COMPUTERS
CONSTITUTION
TECHNOLOGY
E-RATE DISCOUNTS
PROVISIONS
LSTA FUNDS
DISTRICT COURT
PROTECTED EXPRESSION
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
BEVERLY SHEPPARD
CHIPA
NATIONWIDE
ACLU
INTERNET TERMINALS

                           IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                   FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, INC.                )
50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611,          ))
FREEDOM TO READ FOUNDATION                        )
50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611,          ))
ALASKA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION                        )
Fairbanks, AK 99701,                              ))
CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION                    )
717 K Street, Sacramento, Suite 300, CA 95814,    ))
NEW ENGLAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION                   )     CIVIL ACTION NO.
Countryside Offices, 707 Turnpike Street,         )     _________________
North Andover, MA 01845,                          ))
NEW YORK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION                      )
252 Hudson Avenue, Albany, NY 12210,              )     COMPLAINT FOR
                                                  )     DECLARATORY AND
ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY                          )     INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW,1024                 )
Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117,     ))
FRIENDS OF THE PHILADELPHIA CITY                  )
INSTITUTE LIBRARY,1905 Locust Street,             )
Philadelphia, PA 19103,                           ))
PENNSYLVANIA ALLIANCE FOR                         )
DEMOCRACY, 300 N. Second Street, Suite 906, )
Harrisburg, PA 17108,                             ))
ELIZABETH HRENDA                                  )
Harrisburg, PA 17109,                             ))
C. DONALD WEINBERG                                )
Philadelphia, PA 19103,                           ))
                        Plaintiffs,               ))



          vs.                                                  ))
UNITED STATES,                                                 ))
MICHAEL POWELL, in his official capacity as                    )
CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL                                        )
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION                                      )
445 12th Street, S.W., Washington,  D.C. 20554,                ))
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION )
445 12th Street S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554,                  ))
BEVERLY SHEPPARD, in her official capacity as )
ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF  )
MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES,                                   )
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. )
20506,                                                         ))
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY                                )

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)

20 U.S.C. § 9134) (the "Act" or "CHIPA") imposes unprecedented, sweeping federal speech

public libraries have served as

the overwhelming majority of public libraries across the

country now offer free public access to the Internet, a unique medium of expression "as

Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 844, 870.

public libraries by requiring them to violate patrons' constitutional right to receive

use of content blocking software on all library Internet terminals,

from the Federal Communications Commission or the Institute of Museum and Library Services