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U.S. Supreme Court MILLER v. CALIFORNIA, 413 U.S. 15 (1973) 413 U.S. 15
MILLER v. CALIFORNIA APPEAL FROM THE APPELLATE DEPARTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT ...
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U.S. Supreme Court MILLER v. CALIFORNIA, 392 U.S. 616 (1968) 392 U.S. 616
MILLER v. CALIFORNIA. CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, F...
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Arguably the most important in a series of late-twentieth-century Supreme Court cases laying down the definition of ...
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In her Sept. 1 letter, Valerie Cartonio questions the right of pro-lifers to expose her to the disgusting photo posters of aborted babies "The Constitution does not permit government to decide which types of otherwise protected speech are sufficiently offensive to require protection for the unwilling listener or viewer" (Erznoznik, 422 U.S. 210). Rather, the burden rests with the viewer to "avoid further bombardment of (his) sensibilities simply by averting (his) eyes" (Cohen v. California).
The U.S. Supreme Court is clear on this: Content- and viewpoint- based restrictions of speech are unconstitutional. Therefore, the government cannot restrict a pro-life demonstrator's speech because of the content of her sign or the message it conveys. Obscenity is speech that appeals to one's prur...
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FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ROBERT MILLER,
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U.S. Supreme Court CITY OF KANSAS CITY v. UNITED STATES, 365 U.S. 568 (1961) 365 U.S. 568
CITY OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET ...
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Introduction. II. Relevant Precedent. A. Miller v. California. B. Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation. C. Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. D. Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. FCC. E. Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. FCC. III. United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, INC. A. Procedural Background. B. Factual Background. 1. Sexually Oriented Cable Programming and the Phenomenon of Signal Bleed. 2. Section 505 of the Communications Decency Act. 3. Section 504 of the Communications Decency Act. C. The Supreme Court Strikes Down Section 505. 1. The Majority Opinion. a. Constitutional Standard: Strict Scrutiny. b. Section 505 Fails to Satisfy Strict Scrutiny. c. The Government Failed to Show that Signal Bleed is a Pervas...
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Roderick L. MacKenzie, MacKenzie & Brody, Sacramento, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
Jennifer E. Duggan, Terence J. Cassidy, Avery E. Dor...
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For the first time since ROTH V. UNITED STATES (1957), a Supreme Court maj...
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- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2375, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3950 Wmx Technologies, Inc., F/K/A/ Waste Management, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; and Waste Management of California, Inc., a California Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edwin L. Miller, Jr., as District Attorney of San Diego County, California, Defendant-Appellee., 80 F.3d 1315 (9th Cir. 1996)
Robert H. Friebert and Matthew W. O'Neill, Friebert, Finerty & St. John, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Gerald L. McMahon and David J. Zubkoff, Seltz...