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Appeals Court Overturns $109 Million Judgment Against Nuremburg Files Site
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Ted Olsen
March 1, 2001
Antiabortion "Nuremburg Files" site is free speech, says court
Two years ago, a federal jury in Oregon assessed $109 million in damages against the organizations and people behind The Nuremberg Files Web site. The site, readers will recall, publishes the names, addresses, and photos of abortionists, crossing out those who have been killed. Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the Oregon verdict, saying the site never actually threatened the doctors. "If their statements merely encouraged unrelated terrorists, then their words are protected by the First Amendment," wrote Judge Alex Kozinski in the unanimous ruling (PDF | HTML). San Francisco attorney Susan Popik, who argued on behalf of Planned Parenthood and other organizations against the creators of The Nuremberg Files, said yesterday's verdict "give[s] extremists carte blanche to make threats that they can orchestrate the carrying-out of by others." One of the defendants simply expressed relief and delight: "We did nothing but express our view, however radical it might seem … Not only do abortion advocates want to have their rights but they want to shut up everybody that calls it murder."More on life ethics:
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