UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION
__________________________________ ) Google, Inc., )
Plaintiff
, ) v. ) No. 3:14-cv-981-HTW-LRA ) Jim Hood, Attorney General of the ) State of Mississippi, in his official ) capacity, )
Defendant
. ) )
BRIEF OF
AMICI CURIAE
STOP CHILD PREDATORS, THE DIGITAL CITIZENS ALLIANCE, TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION, AND RYAN UNITED IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT
Paul D. Clement* Viet D. Dinh* Jeffrey M. Harris* B
ANCROFT
PLLC
1919 M St. NW, Suite 470 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 234-0090 pclement@bancroftpllc.com C. Michael Ellingburg
Counsel of Record
D
ANIEL
C
OKER
H
ORTON
&
B
ELL
4400 Old Canton Rd., Suite 400 Jackson, MS 39211 (601) 969-7607 mellingburg@danielcoker.com Jonathan Massey* M
ASSEY
&
G
AIL
LLP 1325 G St. NW, Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 652-4511 jmassey@masseygail.com *
Pro Hac Vice
Motion pending
Counsel for
Amici Curiae
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FACTUAL BACKGROUND .................................................................................... 7
ARGUMENT ............................................................................................................. 9
This Court Should Not Enjoin Mississippi's Investigation Because Google Is Unlikely to Succeed on the Merits of Its Claims. ........................... 9
Google’s CDA Defense Is Premature and Proves Far Too Much. ...................................................................................................11
Google’s First Amendment Defense Fails Because the Facts Needed to Adjudicate This Issue Remain to be Investigated. ............17
The Balance of Harms and the Public Interest Strongly Support Denial of the Preliminary Injunction. ............................................................20
Google Fails to Establish It Will Suffer Irreparable Injury from the Attorney General’s Investigation. ........................................21
Enjoining the Attorney General’s Investigation Would Cause Significant Harm to the Public Interest. ...................................25
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases
A&M Records v. Napster
, 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001) .......................................................................19
Am. Radio Ass’n v. Mobile S.S. Ass’n
, 483 F.2d 1 (1973) ..........................................................................................22
Bond Pharmacy, Inc. v. AnazaoHealth Corp.
, 815 F. Supp. 2d 966 (S.D. Miss. 2011) .........................................................24
Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of U.S., Inc.
, 466 U.S. 485 (1984).......................................................................................17
Canal Auth. of Fla. v. Callaway
, 489 F.2d 567 (5th Cir. 1974) .................................................................. 21, 23
City of Los Angeles v. Preferred Commc’ns, Inc.
, 476 U.S. 488 (1986).......................................................................................17
Comm. In Solidarity with El Salvador v. Sessions
, 705 F. Supp. 25 (D.D.C. 1989) ......................................................................26
Demetriades v. Yelp
, 175 Cal. Rptr. 3d 131 (Cal. App. 2014) ........................................................16
DeSpain v. Johnston
, 731 F.3d 1171 (5th Cir. 1984) .......................................................................26
Doe v. MySpace
, 528 F.3d 413 (5th Cir. 2008) .........................................................................11
Enter.
Int’l, Inc. v. Corporacion Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana
, 762 F.2d 464 (5th Cir. 1985) .........................................................................23
Fair Hous. Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates.com
, LLC, 521 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir. 2008) .......................................................... 13, 14, 16
FTC v. Accusearch Inc.
, 570 F.3d 1187 (10th Cir. 2009) ........................................................ 13, 15, 16
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