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Joint Media Advisory:
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ELECTRONIC FRONTIERS GEORGIA REP. MITCHELL KAYE
Groups to Mount Legal Challenge to Georgia Cyberspace Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: See list below Friday, September 20, 1996
ATLANTA, GA-- -The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontiers Georgia, Georgia State Representative Mitchell Kaye (R-Marietta) and others will be holding a news conference on Tuesday, September 24 at 10:30 a.m., immediately after filing a lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction against a Georgia law barring communications in cyberspace.
The suit names Governor Zell Miller and Attorney General Michael Bowers as defendants, and will be filed on behalf of 13 plaintiffs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------
WHO:
Attorneys Ann Beeson (ACLU) and Scott McClain (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore)
Plaintiffs Robert Costner (executive director, Electronic Frontiers Georgia); Jeff Graham (AIDS Survival Project); Rep. Mitchell Kaye (GA House of Representatives); Bonnie Nadri (The Page Factory); Teresa Nelson (ACLU of Georgia); Eric Van Pelt (Atlanta Veterans Alliance); Josh Riley (individual plaintiff); and Kimberly LyleWilson (Atlanta Freethought Society).
WHAT:
News conference to announce filing of legal challenge to Georgia cyberspace law.
WHEN:
Tuesday, September 24, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE:
ACLU of Georgia 142 Mitchell Street SW (at Peachtree), Suite 301, Atlanta (404) 523-6201
Note: Copies of the brief and plaintiff affidavits will be available at the news conference and online at the EFGA website, <http://www.efga.org/> and through the ACLU's website <http://www.aclu.org> and America Online site (keyword: ACLU).
Contacts: Teresa Nelson, ACLU GA Ann Beeson, national ACLU: 404-523-6201 Robert Costner, EFGA: 770-512-8746 Rep. Mitchell Kaye: 770-998-2399 Scott McClain: 404-881-4138 Emily Whitfield, ACLU Nat'l Press Office: 212-944-9800 x426