ABFFE v. Cordray
Most recent news: On Wednesday, June 3, 2009, the Ohio Supreme Court voted 4-3 to accept the two questions asking for statutory interpretation of the law posed to them by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Plaintiffs filed a brief last spring in the Sixth Circuit in a cross-appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Rice's ruling that found a "harmful to minors" statute unconstitutuional as applied to the Internet.
Updated: June 8, 2009
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VSDA v. Schwarzenegger
Most recent news: On May 20th, 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court asking the court to hear an appeal of the decision of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that found a California law banning certain video games unconstitutional. If the Supreme Court takes the case, it will be the first time it has considered any of the recent spate of laws restricting or banning certain video games. Reaction from Media Coalition and others can be found here.
Updated May 21, 2009 |
Powell's Books, Inc v. Kroeger
Plaintiffs have filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for the case Powell's Books v. Myers. The law does not use the Miller/Ginsberg definition of 'harmful to minors,' instead prohibiting distribution of sexually explicit materials to minors under 13 under any circumstances and to older minors under 18 for the purpose of arousing or satisfying sexual desires.
Updated: April, 2009 |
Florence v. Shurtleff
Plaintiffs have filed interogatories and requests for production of documents. This case had been on a slower schedule at the request of the defendants to allow them time to ask the legislature to amend the law and cure the constitutional infirmities.
Updated: April 2, 2009 |
