Unique ruling authority

Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union

521 U.S. 844 · U.S. Supreme Court

Stable case ID: case:reno-aclu-1997
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision date: 1997
Authority level: U.S. Supreme Court
Precedential status: precedential
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Holding and boundaries

Invalidated broad federal restrictions on indecent online communications as violating the First Amendment.

Scope and limitations: Does not prevent narrower regulation of obscenity, child sexual abuse material, commercial conduct or valid age protections.

Open authoritative source

1 issue placement

disconfirmatory · Direct

Youth Digital Wellbeing & Online Safety

Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Youth Digital Wellbeing & Online Safety. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Does not prevent narrower regulation of obscenity, child sexual abuse material, commercial conduct or valid age protections.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Publication and provenance

The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.