Tag: Legal
Woodhull Wins FOSTA Appeal!
Today the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals revived Woodhull‘s challenge to FOSTA. The court ordered that the constitutional challenge be sent back to the district court for a ruling on the merits. Read the decision here. NCSF is proud to have joined our allies in filing a Brief in Support …
State by State Assault Laws
Law citations dealing with consent, compiled by the NCSF Consent Counts Project Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York N. Carolina …
Communications Decency Act Lawsuit
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Plaintiffs Barbara Nitke ("Nitke"), the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Foundation (collectively, "NCSF") respectfully submit this memorandum is support of their motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the obscenity prong of the …
Supreme Court Decision in the Communications Decency Act (CDA)
March 20, 2006 – Washington D.C. Today the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Federal District Court’s decision in Barbara Nitke and NCSF v. Alberto Gonzales, the challenge to the Communications Decency Act, #01 CIV 11476 (RMB). The Supreme Court has affirmed the lower court’s decision without hearing oral arguments, …
Justices Pass on Internet Obscenity Case
March 20,2006 | WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court turned back an appeal on Monday from a photographer who claimed a federal decency law violated her free-speech rights to post pictures of sadomasochistic sexual behavior on the Web. Justices affirmed a decision last year by a special three-judge federal panel upholding …
NCSF and Barbara Nitke File Amicus Brief in “United States vs. Extreme Associates”
May 26, 2005 – New York, NY – The obscenity case against Extreme Associates was dismissed by a Federal judge in Pittsburgh, PA, in January, 2005. But the battle isn’t over yet: U. S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. …