At 9:17 AM -0800 11/11/97, Tim May wrote:
I expect the Paladin Press case will go to the Supreme Court now. I hope it does, at least. And it'll be interesting to see if the ACLU supports a politically incorrect case like this.
The 4th Circuit dec'n in Paladin is up on the FindLaw site, though when I got it this morning parts of it were mixed up -- some footnote material got into the body of the opinion. These are among the amici on the appellate brief. I'd guess they all weighed in on Paladin's side. It's a "publisher's rights" case -- not that tough to pick sides. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE NATIONAL CAPITOL AREA; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF COLORADO; ABC, INCORPORATED; AMERICA ONLINE, INCORPORATED; ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS; THE BALTIMORE SUN COMPANY; E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY; FREEDOM TO READ FOUNDATION; MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED; MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS, INCORPORATED; MEDIA GENERAL, INC.; MEDIA PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS; NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA; THE NEW YORK TIMES; THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS; SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS; THE WASHINGTON POST Lee Tien