The King’s English v. Shurtleff is a U.S.

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 federal lawsuit

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 filed on June 9, 2005, by a group of Utah

Utah

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 bookstores, website

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s, Internet service provider

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s and national trade association

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s challenging the constitutionality of a Utah law meant to restrict children’s access to material on the Internet

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It specifically challenges Utah Code § 67-5-19, §§ 76-10-1205 through 1206, and §§ 76-10-1230 through 1233. The plaintiffs are The King’s English, Inc.; Sam Weller’s Zion Bookstore; Nathan Florence; W. Andrew McCullough; Computer Solutions International, Inc.; Mountain Wireless Utah, LLC; the Sexual Health Network, Inc., Utah Progressive Network Education Fund, Inc.; the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union

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 of Utah; the Association of American Publishers

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; the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

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; the Freedom to Read Foundation; and the Publishers Marketing Association

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