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ASHCROFT, ATTY. GEN. v. ACLU, ET AL. (22206)

    Order dated: 05/21/01
    Docket number: 00-1293
    Action:
        The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

ASHCROFT, ATTY. GEN. v. ACLU, ET AL. (22206)

    Order dated: 09/07/01
    Docket number: 00-1293
    Action:
        The motions of the Solicitor General to dispense with printing the joint appendices are granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

The Child Online Protection Act (COPA) makes it unlawful to make any communication for commercial purposes by means of the World Wide Web that is available to minors and that includes material that is harmful to minors, unless good faith efforts are made to prevent children from obtaining access to such material. 47 U.S.C 231.(a)(1) and © (1) (Supp. IV 1998).

An opinion has been handed down: