United States Fourth Circuit

In light of current technology, Va. Code Ann. section 18.2-391, which criminalizes the dissemination of material harmful to minors over the Internet, violates both the First Amendment and the Commerce Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/25/2004
• Published 03/25/2004

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, James R. SPENCER, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation, and Andre M. DAVIS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:William Henry Hurd, State Solicitor, Office Of The Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants.  Thomas W. Kirby, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General of Virginia, Alison P. Landry, Assistant Attorney General, Office Of The Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants.  Garrett M. Smith, Michie, Hamlett, Lowry, Rasmussen & Tweel, P.C., Charlottesville, Virginia;  Michael A. Bamberger, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, New York, New York;  Elliot M. Mincberg, Lawrence S. Ottinger, People For The American Way Foundation, Washington, D.C.;  Robert M. O'Neil, J. Joshua Wheeler, THE Thomas Jefferson Center For The Protection Of Free Expression, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellees.