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ACLU's Complaint in Zieper v. Metzinger (12/22/1999)
ACLU's complaint against the FBI and Justice Dept. for shutting down the website of a film company that made and posted a film of a fictional military plan to take over Times Square on New Year's Eve, 1999.

Complaint in Zeiper v. Metzinger (12/22/1999)
Complaint in restriction by the FBI of the posting of a movie purporting to be a true account of a planned military takeover of Times Square during the millennial New Year's Eve on a website.

ACLU, et al. v. Ashcroft Brief Appealing COPA (11/24/1999)
Brief in the appeal of COPA to the Supreme Court by the ACLU and other online and free speech organizations.

Judge Reed's Memorandum Granting a Temporary Restraining Order in ACLU v. Reno II (11/20/1999)

Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (11/19/1999)

Declaration of Adam Glickman for Condomania in ACLU v. Reno II (11/19/1999)

Declaration of Ernest Johnson for ArtNet in ACLU v. Reno II (11/19/1999)

Plaintiffs' Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Their Motion for Preliminary Injunction in ACLU v. Reno II (11/19/1999)

Brief of the Appellees Filed in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals for ACLU v. Reno II (09/24/1999)

Preliminary Injunction Against COPA in ACLU v. Reno II (02/01/1999)

Preliminary Injunction for the ACLU v. Reno (02/01/1999)
Preliminary injunction in which U.S. District Judge Lowell A. Reed found that the ACLU was likely to succeed on the claim that the law "imposes a burden on speech that is protected for adults." If the government had not appealed, the case would have proceeded to a full trial on the merits of the law under Judge Reed.

District court opinion (with findings of fact) in ACLU v. Ashcroft I (02/01/1999)