Alaska Legislative Counsel Says State is not Likely to Appeal ABFFE v Burns -- Media Coalition

Alaska Legislative Counsel Says State is not Likely to Appeal ABFFE v Burns

Alaska Legislative Counsel Jean Mischel told the Juneau Empire on September 13 that the state was not considering an appeal of its loss to Media Coalition members American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, Association of American Publishers, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Entertainment Merchants Association, and Freedom to Read Foundation; local bookstores Fireside Books and Title Wave Books; the Alaska Library Association; ando others in ABFFE v. Burns. Mischel said, "I think we would not have a very good chance of prevailing in the Court of Appeals."

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Litigation:	INTERNET \| RATINGS ENFORCEMENT \| SEIZURE/PRIOR RESTRAINT \| HARMFUL TO MINORS/MINORS' ACCESS \| SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT AND MINORS \| OBSCENITY \| ZONING & LICENSING \| VIOLENT CONTENT \| DISPLAY \| THIRD PARTY LIABILITY \| MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
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