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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.
U.S. Supreme Court Considers Patent Reform
In what could prove to be a landmark patent case, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments addressing the so-called “obviousness test.” A ruling that tosses out the test, which many lawyers call the cornerstone of patent law, could make it easier to challenge patents in the future, something many in the adult entertainment industry who rely on new technologies to deliver their content, think is a good thing.
Ill. Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Alcohol at Strip Clubs
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a city ordinance that bars strip clubs featuring seminude dancing from serving alcohol does not violate the 1st Amendment.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Sex Toy Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case involving a Texas law banning the sale of sex toys shaped like sexual organs.
Calif. Supreme Court to Decide Topless Club’s Jury Award
California’s highest court has decided to review the extent of a city’s responsibility when it obtained a preliminary injunction against an adult cabaret but eventually lost its case.
Store Case Goes Before Utah Supreme Court
John Haltom, owner of three Dr. John’s Boutiques in Utah as well as numerous stores in other state, had his day in court yesterday. He asked the Utah Supreme Court to overturn his 2000 conviction for selling a sexually explicit video to a minor.
Extreme Associate’s Black Fires Back at U.S. Supreme Court
A day after the U.S. Supreme Court denied Rob Black’s appeal, sending his case, U.S. vs. Extreme Associates, back to a lower federal court in Pittsburgh for trial, he fired back on his website.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Extreme Associates Case
Weighing in on the long-running obscenity battle between the U.S government and Rob Black’s Extreme Associates, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the company’s appeal, sending the criminal case back to the district court in Pittsburgh for trial.
Supreme Court Rejects Store’s Plea to Block Eviction
The New York State Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Hempstead Video for an injunction against the eviction of the company’s Xpressions adult store in the village of Valley Stream.
Adult Store Case Going to State Supreme Court
In a dispute that stretches back several years, the New York State Supreme Court on Feb 6. will hear a case regarding a town’s request to close an adult retail store on the grounds that it is operating illegally.
University Can Block Spam, Supreme Court Says
In declining to hear a case Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court’s decision that complying with the Can-Spam Act is not enough to prevent a university from blocking unsolicited email.
Canadian Adult Store Appeals to Supreme Court
The Canadian Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal filed by a store seeking to recover legal costs up to $1 million related to its ongoing battle with Canada Customs.
Supreme Court Nominee Hard to Pigeonhole
Although Democrats have been quick to highlight many of his conservative leanings, especially in cases involving abortion, Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito is harder to categorize when it comes to free speech and other First Amendment principles.
Minnesota Supreme Court Could Increase Severity of Child Porn Charges
Sentencing guidelines for the possession of child pornography could drastically change due to a case that entered the Minnesota Supreme Court this week.
Supreme Court Nominee Involved in Playboy Case
Conservative lobbying group Public Advocate has withdrawn its support for Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, in part because it has recently come to light that Roberts once worked on behalf of Playboy Entertainment Group.
Judge John Roberts Jr. Picked for Supreme Court
President Bush has chosen Judge John G. Roberts Jr. as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. As a judge, Roberts has taken positions in cases involving free speech and religious liberty that endanger those rights, those who have followed his career say.