Supreme Court
Canada Supreme Court Strikes Down Prostitution Laws
The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday, 9-0, struck down the nation's anti-prostitution laws.
N.M. Supreme Court Allows Pornotopia Film Fest to Continue
New Mexico's highest court on Thursday, 4-1, tossed out the Guild Cinema and Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center’s citation for violating Albuquerque zoning restrictions on where adult films can be shown.
India's Supreme Court Pushes Petition for Online Porn Ban
Members of India’s Supreme Court are petitioning the country’s government to establish a ban on online porn.
Strippers Can Collect Unemployment, Kansas Supreme Court Rules
The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that exotic strippers are legitimate employees and not just independent contractors where they work.
Manga Images Not CP, Sweden's Supreme Court Rules
Sweden's highest court on Friday overturned a child porn verdict against an artist who works with Japanese manga drawings.
FCC Petitions Supreme Court to Reinstate Nip Slip Fine
The Federal Communications Commission has decided to continue on with the Janet Jackson nipple case eight years after her infamous wardrobe malfunction incident at the Super Bowl.
Canada Supreme Court Orders New Trial in CP Case
Canada's Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man charged with possessing child pornography after he professed to have the material because he wanted to raise awareness.
AHF Asks Calif. Supreme Court to Review Condom Ruling
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is taking its mandatory condom campaign to the California Supreme Court, asking for a review of a recent decision by a state appeals court panel that ruled Los Angeles County health officials can’t be forced to regulate the adult industry.
N.J. Supreme Court to Hear Too Much Media, Blogger Case on Webcast
The New Jersey State Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Too Much Media’s long-running lawsuit against blogger Shelle Hale during a webcast Tuesday at 10 a.m. EST.
Oregon Supreme Court: It's OK to View Child Porn Online
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled today that it’s perfectly legal to look at child pornography on the Internet, if none of those images are purposely downloaded, printed or paid for.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects New Albany DVD Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear New Albany, Ind.'s appeal in its six-year fight to close New Albany DVD, a business that is now known as Cleopatra's.
Shellee Hale Wants Her Too Much Media Case to Go to N.J. Supreme Court
Blogger Shellee Hale, the defendant in the Too Much Media defamation lawsuit, wants the N.J. Supreme Court to hear her case.
Ira Isaacs to Make U.S. Supreme Court Appeal
The Ira Isaacs obscenity case could be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Topco Prevails at the U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, without comment, declined to hear an appeal by Know Mind Enterprises in its bid to appeal a patent ruling over slippery borosilicate glass.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects 2257 Challenge
Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 2257, the federal recordkeeping and labeling law for the adult entertainment industry.
Ala. Supreme Court Nixes Challenge to Sex Toy Ban
Alabama Supreme Court justices, 7-2, ruled on Friday that Hoover, Ala.-based Love Stuff can’t sell vibrators and other sexual devices.
Pa. Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Porn in Prisons
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a ban on adult content in its state prisons.
Pa. Supreme Court: Viewing CP Online Is a Felony
Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled this week that prosecutors do not necessarily have to prove a defendant intentionally downloaded child porn to get convictions.
California Supreme Court Upholds Prop. 8
The Supreme Court of California has upheld Proposition 8, eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry. They have also ruled that existing same-sex marriages will remain legal.
Supreme Court Punts on Janet Jackson Breast Case
In a minor victory for the FCC over broadcast networks, the U.S. Supreme Court punted on the case involving Janet Jackson's breast at the Super Bowl.