the Philadelphia City Institute Library, and the Pennsylvania Alliance for Democracy are

nonprofit organizations whose members include individuals who access the Internet at

public libraries that receive E rate discounts or LSTA funds for the provision of public

Internet access.  We note for the purpose of associational standing that the interests that

these organizations seek to protect in this litigation are germane to their purposes.

Plaintiffs Emmalyn Rood, Mark Brown, Elizabeth Hrenda, C. Donald Weinberg,

Sherron Dixon, by her father and next friend Gordon Dixon, James Geringer, Marnique

Tynesha Overby, by her next friend Carolyn C. Williams, William J. Rosenbaum,

Carolyn C. Williams, and Quiana Williams, by her mother and next friend Sharon

Bernard, are adults and minors who use the Internet at public libraries that, to the best of

their knowledge, do not filter patrons' access to the Internet.  Several of these plaintiffs

do not have Internet access from home.

Emmalyn Rood is a sixteen year old who uses the Multnomah County Public

Library.  When she was 13, she used the Internet at the Multnomah County Public

Library to research issues relating to her sexual identity.  Ms. Rood did not use her home

or school computer for this research, in part because she wished her searching to be

private.  Although the library offered patrons the option of using filtering software, Ms.

Rood did not use that option because she had had previous experience with such

programs blocking information that was valuable to her, including information relating to

gay and lesbian issues.

Plaintiff Mark Brown used the Internet at the Philadelphia Free Library to research

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