MAINSTREAM LOUDOUN v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF LOUDOUN

No. Civ.A. 97-2049-A.

24 F.Supp.2d 552 (1998)

MAINSTREAM LOUDOUN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LOUDOUN COUNTY LIBRARY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

November 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Corn-Revere, Ronald J. Wiltsie, Mary Ellen Callahan, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Elliot M. Mincberg, Lawrence S. Ottinger, People for the American Way Foundation, Washington, DC, for plaintiff.

Kenneth C. Bass, III, Damon W.D. Wright, Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, McLean, VA, for defendant.

Richard Ferris, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Ann Beeson, Christopher A. Hansen, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, NY, for plaintiff-intervenors.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRINKEMA, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

At issue in this civil action is whether a public library may enact a policy prohibiting the access of library patrons to certain content-based categories of Internet publications. Plaintiffs are a Loudoun County non-profit organization, suing on its own behalf and on behalf of its members, and individual Loudoun County residents who claim to have had their access to Internet...

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