CDR: "Imminent Lawless Action" (was Re: GigaLaw.com Daily News, September 13, 2000)
At 4:44 AM -0700 on 9/13/00, GigaLaw.com wrote:
[FREE SPEECH] Antiabortion Activists Seek Reversal of Award Against Site Antiabortion activists are asking a federal appeals court to overturn a $109 million verdict by a jury that decided a Web site and posters listing the names of abortion doctors and clinics were threats that went beyond free speech. The case is widely seen as a test of a Supreme Court ruling that defined a threat as explicit language likely to cause "imminent lawless action" -- and a measure of how far antiabortion activists can go in harassing doctors and clinics. Read the article: The Wall Street Journal @ http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB968782868719953428.htm
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