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GA HB1630 Lawsuit: Press Advisory
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>Joint Media Advisory:
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>AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
>ELECTRONIC FRONTIERS GEORGIA
>REP. MITCHELL KAYE
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>Groups to Mount Legal Challenge to Georgia Cyberspace Law
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: See list below
>Friday, September 20, 1996
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> ATLANTA, GA-- -The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontiers
>Georgia, Georgia State Representative Mitchell Kaye (R-Marietta) and others
>will be holding a news conference on Tuesday, September 24 at 10:30 a.m.,
>immediately after filing a lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction against a
>Georgia law barring communications in cyberspace.
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> The suit names Governor Zell Miller and Attorney General Michael Bowers as
>defendants, and will be filed on behalf of 13 plaintiffs.
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> WHO:
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>Attorneys Ann Beeson (ACLU) and Scott McClain (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore)
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>Plaintiffs Robert Costner (executive director, Electronic Frontiers Georgia);
>Jeff Graham (AIDS Survival Project); Rep. Mitchell Kaye (GA House of
>Representatives); Bonnie Nadri (The Page Factory); Teresa Nelson (ACLU of
>Georgia); Eric Van Pelt (Atlanta Veterans Alliance); Josh Riley (individual
>plaintiff); and Kimberly LyleWilson (Atlanta Freethought Society).
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> WHAT:
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>News conference to announce filing of legal challenge to Georgia
>cyberspace law.
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> WHEN:
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>Tuesday, September 24, 10:30 a.m.
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> WHERE:
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>ACLU of Georgia
>142 Mitchell Street SW (at Peachtree), Suite 301, Atlanta
>(404) 523-6201
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>Note: Copies of the brief and plaintiff affidavits will be available at the
>news conference and online at the EFGA website, <http://www.efga.org/> and
>through the ACLU's website <http://www.aclu.org> and America Online site
>(keyword: ACLU).
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>Contacts: Teresa Nelson, ACLU GA Ann Beeson, national ACLU: 404-523-6201
> Robert Costner, EFGA: 770-512-8746
> Rep. Mitchell Kaye: 770-998-2399
> Scott McClain: 404-881-4138
> Emily Whitfield, ACLU Nat'l Press Office: 212-944-9800 x426
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