United States Fourth Circuit

The Child Pornography Protection Act of 1996 survives strict scrutiny, because the law furthers the compelling government interest of countering the secondary effects of child pornography and does not merely protect identifiable, real children.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/03/2000
• Published 11/03/2000

Judges

• Before LUTTIG and KING, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Alan Royce Lee Bussard, Towson, Maryland, for Appellant.   Joseph Lee Evans, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.  Dwight H. Sullivan, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland;  Ann Beeson, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York;  Arthur B. Spitzer, Stephen M. Block, American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.