[89760] in Cypherpunks
Re: 1st Ammendment Tossed in Paladin Case
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Broiles)
Tue Nov 11 16:07:41 1997
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:56:51 -0800
To: Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>
From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199711111642.KAA20562@wire.insync.net>
Reply-To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
>RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Ruling that the right to a free press doesn't
>cover a how-to-kill book, a federal appeals panel said the families
>of a hired killer's victims may sue the publisher of a book that he
>consulted.
>
>A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied
>First Amendment protection to ``Hit Man: A Technical Manual for
>Independent Contractors,'' saying publisher Paladin Press knew it
>would be used by murderers.
The decision is online in an incredibly difficult-to-read layout at:
<http://www.law.emory.edu/4circuit/nov97/962412.p.html>
.. I'm working on a more nicely formatted version, but am kinda getting my
ass kicked with things to do today, so that may not be ready until tomorrow.
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