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Supreme Court Backs FCC Dirty-Word Ban
"Even isolated utterances can be made in vulgar and shocking manner, and can constitute harmful first blows to children," Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in the opinion.
Trade Group Petitions Kentucky Supreme Court Over Domain Seizures
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has announced its opposition to efforts by the State of Kentucky to seize the domain names of out-of-state gaming websites.
The Election, the Supreme Court and Adult
Whether the next American president will be Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama, there is a very strong possibility that he will be nominating at least one — if not two — justices for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ariz. Supreme Court Reverses Decision in Adult Bookstore Case
The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned the dismissal of charges against two adult bookstore owners who were prosecuted for violating a state law that restricts their business hours
Iowa Asks State Supreme Court to Reconsider Nude Dancing Decision
A Fremont County judge ruled that nude dancing was an art and ruled in favor of an Iowa dance club owner. The state's attorney general wants that ruling reviewed.
Conn. Supreme Court OKs Viewing Booths at Adult Store
The Connecticut Supreme Court has allowed a new adult store to open with viewing booths in North Haven, Conn., in a 3-2 decision released Wednesday.
Florida Supreme Court Oks Pornography for Some Inmates
The Florida Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s ruling on Thursday that will allow sex offenders serving probation to posses pornography if it's not "relevant" to their "deviant behavior pattern."
Free Speech Coalition Analyzes Supreme Court Ruling
The Free Speech Coalition will release an analysis of this week's Supreme Court decision regarding the PROTECT act on its website today.
Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Spammer Conviction
On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court upheld the first felony conviction for spamming against Jeremy Jaynes, once listed as the eighth worst spammer in the world by The Spamhaus Project Registry of Known Spammer Organizations.
N.H. Supreme Court Reverses Virtual CP Conviction
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has overturned the child pornography possession conviction of a man who created composite sexual images by superimposing the heads of minors onto pictures of adults engaged in sex acts.
Ohio Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Strip Club
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Cheeks gentleman’s club in Miamisburg, finding that the Ohio Liquor Commission does not have authority under state law to suspend the club’s license stemming from the felony conviction of a former employee.
Italy Supreme Court: Secret Sex Videotaping OK
The Italian supreme court has acquitted a 49-year-old man who had secretly videotaped himself having sex with a woman who was unaware of the videotaping, ruling that recording secret videos of sex with your partner is not illegal.
Conn. Supreme Court to Decide Adult Store Case
The Connecticut Supreme Court will decide whether an adult store can open with viewing booths in North Haven, Conn. If the store is approved, it would be the first adult-oriented shop in North Haven with such booths.
Utah Supreme Court Upholds Computer-Generated CP Conviction
A transgender Utah woman who appealed a guilty verdict after the jury was told computer-generated images of nude minors are illegal — despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning a similar federal law — has had her guilty verdict upheld by the Utah Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Pandering Child Porn
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday regarding whether a child pornography law could be limited so that it would not apply to legitimate creative expression, vivid adolescent imaginations or innocent emails with provocative headings.
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Ala. Sex Toy Ban Case
Adult shop owner Sherri Williams has told XBIZ that the U.S. Supreme Court will not hear her case challenging Alabama's sex toy ban, ending an almost 10-year fight against the law.
Fla. Strip Club Prepared to Take Case to Supreme Court
Attorneys for Lollipops Gentlemen’s Club in Daytona Beach said Thursday that they are prepared to take their challenge to the city’s anti-nudity ordinance to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Williams Takes Ala. Toy Ban to Supreme Court
Sherri Williams, the Alabama adult store owner who has been fighting the state's sex-toy-sales ban since 1998, has taken the case to the Supreme Court in her final appeal, challenging the law as an unconstitutional intrusion into the bedroom.
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Child Porn Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down a federal law that made sending computer messages offering child pornography a criminal offense even when no child pornography exists in the messages.
Mo. Supreme Court: Strip Club Law Unconstitutional
Declaring that a proposed law that sought to bar nude dancing and personal lap dances in gentlemen’s clubs was unconstitutional because the language of the bill changed too much as it was pushed through the Legislature, the Missouri Supreme Court has struck it down.