En Banc 5th Circuit: Child Porn Victims Can Get Restitution from Possessors
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AP: Child pornography victims can recover money from people convicted of viewing their abuse without having to show a link between the crime and their injuries, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. | In re: Amy Unknown (For the reasons above, we reject the approach of our sister circuits and hold that ยง 2259 imposes no generalized proximate cause requirement before a child pornography victim may recover restitution from a defendant possessing images of her abuse)
October 1, 2012 | Comments Off Tags: Court: 5th Circuit, Docs: Opinions, State: Louisiana, State: Texas, Topic: Child Pornography, Topic: Restitution
Non-conforming use provision does not apply to new business at old site
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Goppelt v. Ascension Parish Council, No. 2009 CA 1698, 2010 WL 1946670 (La. App. May 13, 2010)
May 13, 2010 | Comments Off Tags: Category: Case Abstracts, Regulation (SOB), Regulation (SOB): Grandfathered, Regulation (SOB): Zoning, State: Louisiana, ZZ: Goppelt v. Ascension Parish Council
5th Circuit: Crime of “producing” visual depiction of the sexual exploitation of a minor includes transmission via webcam
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U.S. v. Nichols, No. 09-30487, 2010 WL 1286846 (5th Cir. March 30, 2010)
Crime of “producing” visual depiction of the sexual exploitation of a minor includes transmission via webcam.
March 30, 2010 | Comments Off Tags: Category: Case Abstracts, Court: 5th Circuit, State: Louisiana, Topic: Child Pornography, Topic: Pornography Production, Topic: Web Camera
