On July 1, 1996, the Department of Justice officially filed an appeal of the Philadelphia Federal Court ruling that struck down the CDA. The Justice Department had announced its plans in a letter to then-Senator Jim Exon (D-NE) on June 26, 1996.

• Text of DoJ Notice of Appeal
• Text of the DoJ letter to Sen. Exon

On October 31, 1996, the CIEC filed papers with the Supreme Court in response to the government's jurisdictional statement submitted in late September.

• Text of CIEC Response to the Department of Justice's Jurisdictional Statement
• CIEC Bulletin No. 15

On December 6, 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the government's appeal of the Philadelphia court decision.

• CIEC Bulletin No. 16 - Supreme Court Agrees to Hear CDA Appeal

Supreme Court Briefs

• Text of the Supreme Court Brief filed by CIEC on February 20, 1997 [Very large file - over 110k]
• CIEC Statement announcing the filing of the brief [February 20, 1997]
• The Department of Justice filed a Reply Brief in response to the CIEC brief [March 7, 1997]
• Amicus brief filed by the U.S Chamber of Commerce

On Tuesday January 21, the Justice Department and a coalition of "pro-family" groups who support the CDA filed briefs in support of the statute before the Supreme Court. These filings began the formal process of Supreme Court review.

• Department of Justice brief, filed on Tuesday January 21
• Amici Curiae brief from Enough is Enough and Other Pro-CDA Groups
• Amici Curiae brief from pro-CDA Members of Congress

• News about the case, including eyewitness summaries of the Philadelphia court proceedings and Supreme Court appeal updates.