Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the government may not use RICO laws to make a wholesale pre-trial seizure of books or magazines.
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Village Books v. City of Bellingham
The U.S. District Court struck down the City of Bellingham’s ordinance that provided a cause of action to allow individuals to sue publishers and retailers for producing material containing depictions or descriptions of nudity or sexual activity.
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The U.S. District Court ordered the Meese Commission to withdraw its letter to corporations threatening to list them as distributors of pornography and barred any such list of retailers from being issued.
Read MoreMaryland v. Macon
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a detective entering an adult store, purchasing magazines, and then arresting the clerk for selling obscene material did not constitute an unlawful search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment.
Read MoreTattered Cover, Inc. v. Tooley
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Colorado’s “harmful to minors law” is unconstitutional.
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