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Recent Cases

  • Hope v. Commissioner (7th Cir. 2023)

  • Does #1-9 v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2023)

  • People ex rel. Rivera v. Superintendent, Woodbourne Correctional Facility (N.Y. 2023)

  • Rick v. Harpstead (D. Minn. 2023)

  • Smith v. St. Louis County Police (Mo. 2023)

  • United States v. Castellano (4th Cir. 2023)

  • Fallen v. United States (D.C. Ct. App. 2023)

  • Montana v. Hinman (Mont. 2023)

  • Clements v. Florida (11th Cir. 2023)

  • People v. Superior Court of Santa Cruz County (Cal. Ct. App. 2023)

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    Cornelio v. Connecticut (2d Cir. 2022)

    Posted: May 10, 2022
    The Second Circuit opinion reversing dismissal of a First Amendment claim challenging requirement that those registered under Connecticut's sex offense registration law notify the state each time they create a new email address, instant messenger address, or other internet communication identifier, concluding that because Connecticut's requirement risks chilling online speech, it is subject to heightened scrutiny under the First Amendment.

    Cornelio v. Connecticut (2d Cir. 2022)

    Category: SORN Cases Tag: 2d Circuit, First Amendment, Internet Identifiers, Strict Scrutiny

    Doe v. Rausch (E.D. Tenn. 2020)

    Posted: May 16, 2020
    Federal trial court in the Eastern District of Tennessee finding that Tennessee's SORA could not be applied retroactively without implicating the Ex Post Facto clause.

    Doe v. Rausch (E.D. Tenn. 2020)

    Category: SORN Cases Tag: 14th Amendment, 1st Amendment, 6th Cir., Anonymous Speech, Due Process, Ex Post Facto, Internet Identifiers, Tennessee

    John Doe et al. v. Richard Snyder (E.D. Mich. 2021)

    Posted: February 14, 2020
    Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granting permanent injunction, prohibiting in total the enforcement of any of Michigan's sex offense registration scheme to anyone who had committed their offenses prior to 2011, as well as prohibiting the enforcement of numerous provisions to any persons required to register.

    John Doe et al. v. Richard Snyder (E.D. Mich. 2021)

    Category: Residency Cases, SORN Cases Tag: 1st Amendment, 6th Cir., Due Process, Ex Post Facto, Internet Identifiers, Michigan, Void-for-Vagueness

    State v. Jackson (Wis. Ct. App. 2019)

    Posted: December 27, 2019
    Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinion finding that state statute that required disclosure of internet identifiers was not facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

    State v. Jackson (Wis. Ct. App. 2019)

    Category: SORN Cases Tag: 1st Amendment, 7th Cir., Anonymous Speech, Internet Identifiers, Wisconsin

    Bailey v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

    Posted: August 1, 2019
    Virginia Court of Appeals affirming conviction and upholding state law that required registration of internet identifiers.

    Bailey v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

    Category: SORN Cases Tag: 1st Amendment, 4th Cir., Internet Identifiers, Virginia

    Ex Parte Odom (Tex. Ct. App. 2018)

    Posted: February 20, 2019
    Texas Court of Appeals affirming the trial court's denial of a constitutional challenge to a provision of Texas law that requires people required to register as sex offenders also register their internet identifiers.

    Ex Parte Odom (Tex. Ct. App. 2018)

    Category: SORN Cases Tag: 1st Amendment, 5th Cir., Internet Identifiers, Texas

    Delgado v. Swearingen (N.D. Fla. 2018)

    Posted: November 26, 2018
    District Court for the Northern District of Florida held, in context of civil rights lawsuit under First and Fourteenth Amendments, that Florida statutes requiring those on sex offense registry provide internet identifiers to authorities was constitutional, though enjoined FDLE from public disclosure.

    Delgado v. Swearingen (N.D. Fla. 2018)

    Category: SORN Cases Tag: Florida, Internet Identifiers, Internet Restrictions

    People v. Ellis (N.Y. 2019)

    Posted: September 26, 2018
    New York Court of Appeals reversing decision of a trial court in refusing to dismiss an indictment charging Appellant with violating New York's e-stop law for failing to disclose a Facebook account.

    People v. Ellis (N.Y. 2019)

    Category: SORN Cases Tag: Internet Identifiers, Internet Restrictions, New York

    Doe v. Tilley (E.D. Ky. 2017)

    Posted: October 27, 2017
    Federal civil rights lawsuit striking down Kentucky state social media ban and internet identifier registration requirements.

    Doe v. Tilley (E.D. Ky. 2017)

    Category: SORN Cases Tag: 14th Amendment, 1st Amendment, 6th Cir., Internet Identifiers, Internet Restrictions, Kentucky, Void-for-Vagueness

    People v. Minnis (Ill. 2016)

    Posted: October 27, 2017
    Illinois Supreme Court reversed trial court finding that state statute requiring registration of online identifiers was unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

    People v. Minnis (Ill. 2016)

    Category: SORN Cases Tag: 1st Amendment, 7th Cir., Illinois, Internet Identifiers

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