Supreme Court to hear Internet indecency case December 6, 1996 Web posted at: 2:45 p.m. EST WASHINGTON (Reuter) -- The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a landmark case on free-speech rights in cyberspace arising from a federal law that effectively bans indecent material on the Internet global computer network. http://www.cnn.com/US/9612/06/scotus.reut/index.html