http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress Protecting Children and Their Neighborhoods Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:06:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/31/en-banc-5th-circuit-to-rehear-restitution-case-for-child-porn-victim/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/31/en-banc-5th-circuit-to-rehear-restitution-case-for-child-porn-victim/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:06:55 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2669 How Appealing quotes and links to the AP and the earlier 5th Circuit opinion: A federal appeals court in New Orleans has agreed to rehear two cases in which a victim of child pornography sought restitution from men who viewed sexually explicit photographs of her on the Internet." | In re: Amy Unknown.]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/31/en-banc-5th-circuit-to-rehear-restitution-case-for-child-porn-victim/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/26/11th-circuit-asked-to-reinstate-19-6-million-award-against-hustler/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/26/11th-circuit-asked-to-reinstate-19-6-million-award-against-hustler/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:42:41 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2667 First Amendment Center: The 11^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in June 2009 that a notorious death doesn’t give publishers a blank check to publish any images they wish. The case went to trial, and a jury in June 2011 voted to slap Hustler Magazine with $19.6 million in punitive damages for running the photos.]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/26/11th-circuit-asked-to-reinstate-19-6-million-award-against-hustler/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/20/n-j-supreme-court-towns-can-reject-sexually-oriented-businesses-citing-locations-in-other-states/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/20/n-j-supreme-court-towns-can-reject-sexually-oriented-businesses-citing-locations-in-other-states/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:32:58 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2663 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/20/n-j-supreme-court-towns-can-reject-sexually-oriented-businesses-citing-locations-in-other-states/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/10/u-s-supreme-court-considers-fcc-indecency-enforcement-authority/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/10/u-s-supreme-court-considers-fcc-indecency-enforcement-authority/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:21:58 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2660 FCC v. Fox Television Stations, No. 10-1293. The question considered: Whether the Federal Communications Commission's current indecency-enforcement regime violates the First or Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (Sotomayor, J., recused). Court filings in the litigation can be found at SCOTUS Blog. Links to Related media reports discussing the litigation can be found here. ]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/10/u-s-supreme-court-considers-fcc-indecency-enforcement-authority/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/28/supreme-court-refuses-to-resolve-confusion-over-child-pornography-law/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/28/supreme-court-refuses-to-resolve-confusion-over-child-pornography-law/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:08:55 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2656 Amy v. Monzel (11-85). ]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/28/supreme-court-refuses-to-resolve-confusion-over-child-pornography-law/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/28/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-alameda-books-sexually-oriented-businesses-case/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/28/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-alameda-books-sexually-oriented-businesses-case/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:16:58 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2647 refused to hear Los Angeles v. Alameda Books Nos. 11-245, 11-379. Document related to that litigation, the 9th Circuit opinion, and a summary of the issues involved can be found at SCOTUS Blog here.]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/28/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-alameda-books-sexually-oriented-businesses-case/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/22/supreme-court-asked-to-revisit-city-of-los-angeles-v-alameda-books-inc-concerning-regulation-of-sexually-oriented-businesses/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/22/supreme-court-asked-to-revisit-city-of-los-angeles-v-alameda-books-inc-concerning-regulation-of-sexually-oriented-businesses/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:42:14 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2643 SCOTUSblog reports that City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc. is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court again. ]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/22/supreme-court-asked-to-revisit-city-of-los-angeles-v-alameda-books-inc-concerning-regulation-of-sexually-oriented-businesses/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/15/missouri-supreme-court-upholds-law-regulating-sexually-oriented-businesses/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/15/missouri-supreme-court-upholds-law-regulating-sexually-oriented-businesses/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:13:44 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2638 Ocello v. Koster, No. SC91563 (Mo. Nov. 15, 2011) The law prohibits totally nude dancing and any contact between dancers and patrons. It prohibits the sale of alcohol at such businesses and requires that they close at midnight. It restricts enclosed booths to discourage promiscuous sexual activity. It requires that any such businesses be located at least 1000 feet from any school, church, day care center, public park, any residence, or any other sexually oriented business.]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/15/missouri-supreme-court-upholds-law-regulating-sexually-oriented-businesses/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/01/e-d-penn-refuses-to-stop-catholic-group-from-protesting-sex-superstore/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/01/e-d-penn-refuses-to-stop-catholic-group-from-protesting-sex-superstore/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:27:21 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2635 CourtHouse News: A sex superstore in southeastern Pennsylvania can't enjoin a Catholic group from protesting outside its business, a federal judge ruled. | Routes 202 and 306 and Novelties and Gifts v. The Kings Men, No. 2:11-cv-05822-PBT (E.D. Pa.)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/01/e-d-penn-refuses-to-stop-catholic-group-from-protesting-sex-superstore/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/09/14/nj-appeals-court-upholds-topless-womans-arrest-to-uphold-important-public-moral-sensibilities/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/09/14/nj-appeals-court-upholds-topless-womans-arrest-to-uphold-important-public-moral-sensibilities/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:12:48 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2625 WSJ.com: The court dismissed her argument that the town's public nudity ordinance discriminated against women because men are permitted to appear topless. The court says "restrictions on the exposure of the female breast are supported by the important governmental interest in safeguarding the public's moral sensibilities." | New Jersey v. Feeley, A-0115-10T3 (N.J. App. Sept. 14, 2011)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/09/14/nj-appeals-court-upholds-topless-womans-arrest-to-uphold-important-public-moral-sensibilities/feed/ 0