CDR: "Imminent Lawless Action" (was Re: GigaLaw.com Daily News, September 13, 2000)

[R. A. Hettinga]

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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