FC: Ninth Circuit rules 6-5 that Nuremberg files website is unlawful

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu May 16 2002 - 15:56:56 PDT

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    Politech archive on Nuremberg files case:
    http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=nuremberg
    
    Previous Politech message:
    "Ninth Circuit agrees to review Nuremberg files case"
    http://www.politechbot.com/p-02619.html
    
    The earlier Ninth Circuit's panel's opinion, written by Judge Kozinski:
    http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/newopinions.nsf/4bc2cbe0ce5be94e88256927007a37b9/1b21cad7a2e437d988256a1d006a03a1?OpenDocument
    
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    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020516/ap_on_re_us/abortion_appeal_4
       
       Court Rules Against Abortion Foes 
       Thu May 16, 5:08 PM ET
       
       By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer
       
       SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court reversed course Thursday
       and ruled that anti-abortion activists who created Wild West-style
       posters and a Web site condemning abortion doctors can be held liable
       because their works amounted to illegal threats, not free speech.
       
       However, the sharply divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (news -
       web sites) ordered a lower-court judge to reduce the $108.5 million in
       punitive damages a Portland, Ore., jury awarded to four doctors who
       sued the abortion foes.
                                          
       At issue was whether the posters and Web sites violated a 1994 federal
       law that makes it illegal to incite violence and threaten abortion
       doctors. In its 6-5 decision, the appeals court called the works a
       "true threat."
                                         
       [...]
    
    
    
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