Utah Appellate Clinic Secures Victory for Child Pornography Victims
ULaw Today: Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Amy and Vicky, two child pornography victims, in an appeal brought by the Utah Appellate Clinic. | In re: Amy & Vicky
Circuit Split Watch: Former Federal Judge Seeks Restitution for Victims
Appellate Daily: Paul Cassell, a former federal judge, represents child pornography victims in a series of federal appellate cases. In October alone, Cassell notched a win and a loss in two circuit courts and argued in another. The case he won created a circuit split about restitution for victims, which the U.S. Supreme Court will almost certainly be asked to review.
9th Circuit reinstates L.A. SOB ordinance
Alameda Books Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, No. 09-55367 (9th Cir. Jan. 28, 2011)
9th Circuit: OR statutes that criminalize giving sexually-explicit material to minors are unconstitutional
Powell’s Books, Inc. v. Kroger and ACLU of Oregon v. Kroger, No. 09-35153, 09-35154 (9th Cir. Sept. 20, 2010)
9th Circuit: Possession is lesser-included offense of receipt
U.S. v. Latham, No. 09-10099, 2010 WL 1936279 (9th Cir. May 14, 2010)
9th Circuit: Nevada has right to restrict brothel advertising
Coyote Publishing, Inc. v. Miller, No. 07-16633 (9th Cir. March 11, 2010)
At issue in this case is whether Nevada’s “restrictions on advertising by legal brothels” violate the First Amendment.
9th Circuit panel: Indecent exposure is not categorically a crime of moral turpitude in California
Nunez v. Holder, No. 06-70219 (9th Cir. Feb. 10, 2010)
Indecent exposure is not categorically a crime of moral turpitude in California.
11th Circuit reject’s 9th Circuit’s Kilbride decision and upholds application of local community standards to Internet obscenity prosecution
United States v. Little, No. 08-15964 (11th Cir. Feb. 2, 2010)
9th Circuit: Cell phones, internet, condoms implicate interstate commerce in enticement of minor to prostitution
U.S. v. Santos, No. 08-10406, 2009 WL 3748191 (9th Cir., Nov. 10, 2009)
9th Circuit: National community standard must be applied in regulating Internet obscenity
U.S. v. Kilbride, No. 07-10528 (9th Cir., Oct 28, 2009)
