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Free Speech : General : Legal Documents

Letter to YouTube about protecting users from unfounded take-down demands (10/20/2008)

Letter to networks about YouTube take-down demands (10/20/2008)

ACLU v. Department of Justice - Complaint (07/01/2008)

In re Bilski and Warsaw - ACLU Amicus Brief (04/03/2008)

Motion to Intervene in Bank Julius Baer v. Wikileaks (02/27/2008)

Amici Curiae appeal brief in Minnesota v. Craig (01/15/2008)

Craig v. State of Minnesota - Amicus Brief - Court of Appeals (01/15/2008)

Craig v. State of Minnesota - Amicus Brief - District Court (09/17/2007)

Jarrar v. Harris, etal. - Complaint and Jury Demand (08/09/2007)

ACLU Letter Urging University of Colorado Board of Regents Not to Fire Professor Ward Churchill (07/19/2007)
The letter warns that firing Professor Churchill over the results of an investigation triggered by his unpopular views, which are clearly protected by the First Amendment, creates a dangerous precedent when it comes to repressing academic freedom and chilling public debate.

Rees v. Carlisle - Opinion of the Court (03/12/2007)

Complaint in Puerto Rico Journalists Association v Robert Mueller (02/10/2006)

Complaint in Weise & Young v. Klinkerman, Casper et al. (11/21/2005)

Graffiti Permit Dispute, Bloomburg Letter (08/18/2005)

ACLU Amicus Brief in Abdur'Rahman v. Bredesen (06/09/2005)

ACLU Complaint in Clancy v. Snow (05/26/2005)

Albrecht Settlement Agreement (05/24/2005)

Johnson v. Boggs, Plaintiff's Verified Complaint (04/28/2005)
Plaintiff Stephen Lee Johnson ("Mr. Johnson") resides in Zebulon, Georgia and is a citizen of Pike County Georgia. Mr. Johnson is subject to an Order of Arrest and prior restraint for having posted an allegedly libelous website.

Miller v. Pilot Point Complaint (01/11/2005)

Ridley v. MBTA - Decision (12/10/2004)

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