High court to review TV decency
One News Now: The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear two cases involving broadcast indecency. One case deals with foul language aired during the January 2003 broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards, and the second concerns nudity.
Texas Supreme Court upholds so-called “pole tax”
Lower courts had called the so-called “pole tax” an improper burden on the free expression of nude dancing and a violation of the First Amendment.
Texas Court of Appeals upholds El Paso SOB ordinance
E.B.S. Enterprises v. City of El Paso, No. 8-10-00088-CV (Tx. Ct. App. Aug. 10, 2011)
Appellants assert three arguments in contending that the trial court erred in granting the City’s motion for summary judgment. The first contests the relevancy of the City’s secondary effects evidence to enacting four provisions of the ordinance that apply to Appellants. The second complains that there was a genuine issue of material fact. And the third asserts that the ordinance is preempted by a State statute. We find no merit in any of the issues raised . . .
