Home

Legislative Update

Litigations to Date

Government Regulation

Reports & Member Resources

About Media Coalition

First Amendment Resources and Links

 

 

LITIGATION TO DATE


Internet · Display · Violence · Zoning & Licensing · Obscenity · Child Pornography
Harmful to minors/Minors' access · Seizure/Prior Restraint · Misc.

 

Current Litigation marked with an *:

 

Internet (Harmful to Minors/Minors Access)
*
The King's English v. Shurtleff, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (No. 2:05CV00495 DB)
*ABFFE v. Dann (formerly ABFFE v. Strickland), 2002 U.S. Dist Lexis 18373 (S.D. Ohio August 30, 2002); 233 F Supp. 2d 932 (S.D. Ohio, W. Div, 2002)
ACLU v. Mukasey
(formerly ACLU v. Gonzales) (Child Online Protection Act) 323 F .3d 240 (3d. Cir. 2003); remanded 122 S. Ct.1700 (2002)
Southeast Booksellers Association v. McMasters,
282 F.Supp. 2d 389 (D.S.C. 2003); 371 F. Supp. 2d 773 (D.S.C. 2005); 233 F.R.D. 456 (D.S.C. 2006)
ACLU v. Goddard: (formerly ACLU v. Napolitano), Civ. No. 00-0505 TUC-AM (D. Ariz. Aug. 11, 2004)
PSINet v. Chapman: (Virginia Internet Law), 342 F. 3d (4th Cir. 2004), rehearing den. 372 F.3d 671 (4th Cir. 2004)
ABFFE v. Dean,
342 F. 2d 86 (2d Cir. 2003)
Cyberspace Communications, Inc. v. Engler
: 142 F. Supp.2d (E.D. Mich. 2002) (permanent inj.) 
ACLU v. Johnson:
194 F.3d 1149 (10th Cir. 1999)
Reno v. ACLU: (Communications Decency Act),
521 U.S. 844, 871-72  (1997)
American Library Assn. v. Pataki: 969 F.Supp. 160 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

 

Display
Shipley, Inc. v. Long,
359 Ark. 208 (Sup. Ct. 2004), 454 F.Supp. 2d 819 (E.D. Ark. 2004)  
Athenaco v. Cox,, 335 F. Supp. 2d 773 (E. D. Mich. 2004) 
American Booksellers Assn., Inc. v. McAuliffe, 533 F.Supp. 50 (N.D.Ga 1981)
American Booksellers Assn., Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles Cty., 129 Cal. App. 3d 197 (Ct. of App; 2d Dist. 1982)
Playboy v. Deters, No. C-1-95-211 (S.D. Ohio May 2, 1996)

Violence (Harmful to Minors restrictions & Violent Content bans)
ESA v. Granholm 426 F Supp 2d 646 (E.D. Mich. 2006)
EMA v. Henry  N
o. 06-675, 2006 WL 2927884 (W.D. Okla. Oct. 11, 2006)
ESA v. Blagojevich  
469 F.3d 641 (7th Cir. 2006)
ESA v. Swanson (formerly ESA v. Hatch)
443 F. Supp. 2d 1065 (D. Minn. 2006)
ESA v. Foti 451 F. Supp. 823 (M.D. La. 2006)
*VSDA v. Schwarzenegger ( 401 F. Supp. 2d. 1034 (ND Cal. Dec. 21, 2005)

*ABFFE v. Dann (formerly ABFFE v. Strickland),  233 F Supp. 2d 932 (S.D. Ohio, W. Div, 2002)
Video Software Dealers v. Maleng, 325 F. Supp. 2d 1180 (W.D. Wash. 2004)
IDSA v. St. Louis, 329 F 3d 954 (8th Cir 2003)
AAMA v. Kendrick, 244 F.3d 572 (7th Cir. 2001)
Eclipse Enterprises Inc. v. Gullota 134 F.2d 63 (2d Cir. 1997) 

 

Ratings Enforcement
ESA v. Swanson (Minnesota video game law) 443 F. Supp. 2d 1065 (D. Minn. 2006)

 

Third Party Liability
Byers v. Edmondson, 712 So.2d 681 (1999)

Village Books v. Bellingham, No. C88-1470D (W.D. Wash. Feb. 9, 1989)

 

Zoning & Licensing

Big Hat Books v. Prosecutors
City of Littleton V. Z J Gifts D-4, L.L.C., 541 U.S. 774 (2004)
City News & Novelty, INC. v. Waukesha, 531 US 278 (2001)
City of L.A. v. Alameda Books,, 535 U. S. 425 (2002)
City of Renton v. Playtime Theaters, Inc., 475 U.S. 41 (1985)

 

Obscenity
Pope v. Illinois, 481 U.S. 497 (1987)
American Booksellers Assn., Inc. v. Hudnut, 475 U. S. 1001 (1986) 98 F. Supp. 1316 (S.D. Ind. 1984), aff'd 771 F.2d 323 (7th Cir. 1985), aff'd, 475 U.S. 1001 (1986)
Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, 472 U.S.491 (1985)
New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
Jenkins v. Georgia, 418 U.S. 153 (1974)
People v. Weiner, 29 Cal.App. 4th 1300 (Ct. of App; 4th Dist. 1994)

 

Child Pornography
Barnes & Noble Alabama Prosecution
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition: (Child Pornography Prevention Act), 535 U. S. 234 (2002)
United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc., et al., 513 U.S. 64 (1994)

VSDA v. City of Oklahoma City, 6 F. Supp. 2d 1292 (W. D. Okla. 1997)
United States v. Knox, 32 F.3d 733 (3d. Cir. 1994)

 

Harmful to Minors (Non-Internet)

*Powell's Books v. Myers

Big Hat Books v. Prosecutors
United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, 529 U.S. 803, 824 (2000)

Virginia v. American Booksellers Assn., Inc.,
882 F. 2d 125 (4th Cir. 1989) (after remand from U. S. Supreme Court); 792 F. 2d 1261 (4th Cir. 1986)
American Booksellers v. Webb, 919 F.2d 1493 (11th Cir. 1990)
American Booksellers Assn., Inc v. Schiff, 868 F.2d 1199 (10th Cir. 1989)
Upper Midwest Booksellers Assn., Inc. v. Minneapolis, 780 F.2d 1389 (8th Cir. 1985)
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, Inc. v. McWherter, 866 S.W.2d 520 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1993)
Commonwealth v. American Booksellers Assn., 236 Va. 168 (Sup. Ct. 1988)
Tattered Cover, Inc. v. Tooley, 696 P.2d 780 (Colo. 1985)
American Booksellers Assn., Inc. v. Rendell, 673 G. 2d 1298 (3rd Cir. 1981)
Leech v. American Booksellers Assn., Inc, 582 S.W.2d 738 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1979)

 

Seizure/Prior Restraint
Pitt v. Playgirl, No. B114591 (Ct. of App., 2d Dist. 1997)

Alexander v. United States, 509 U.S. 544 (1993)
Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana, 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
Maryland v. Macon, 472 U.S. 463 (1985)
Penthouse Intl., Ltd. v. McAuliffe, 610 F.2d 1353 (5th Cir. 1980), 533 F. Supp. 50 (N. D. Ga 1981)
Vance v. Universal Amusement Co., 445 U.S. 308 (1980)
Lo-Ji Sales v. New York, 442 U.S. 319 (1979)

 

Miscellaneous Issues

Big Hat Books v. Prosecutors
USA v. Williams
Beard v. Banks,
126 Sup. Ct. 2572 (2006)
Lyle v. Warner Brothers,
38 Cal. 4th 264, 132 P.3d 211 (2006)
Tattered Cover, Inc. v. City of Thorton, 696 P.2d 780 (Colo. 1985)

Denver Area Educ. Telcoms. Consortium, Inc. v. FCC, 518 U.S. 727 (1996)
FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas, 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
PMG Int'l Div. V. Cohen, 57 F. Supp. 2d 916 (N. D. Cal. 1999) 
General Media Communications., Inc. v. Cohen, 131 F.3d 273 (2d Cir. 1998)
United States v. PHE., Inc., 965 F.2d 848 (10th Cir. 1992)
CPDA v. Evans, 642 F. Supp. 552 (M.D. Ala. 1986) aff'd in part and vacated in part, 827 F.2d 1483 (11th Cir. 1987)
Newton v. Slye, 116 F. Supp.2d 677 (W.D. Va. 2000)
Yahoo!, Inc. v. LICRA

 

Last Updated: 8/14/08