http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress Protecting Children and Their Neighborhoods Fri, 18 May 2012 17:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/07/19/licensing-provisions-are-unconstitutional-where-they-fail-to-require-the-city-to-act-on-applications-within-a-specified-period-of-time/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/07/19/licensing-provisions-are-unconstitutional-where-they-fail-to-require-the-city-to-act-on-applications-within-a-specified-period-of-time/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:33:41 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2385 ATL Corp. v. City of Seattle, No. C09-1240RSL, 2010 WL 2836164 (D. Wash. July 19, 2010)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/07/19/licensing-provisions-are-unconstitutional-where-they-fail-to-require-the-city-to-act-on-applications-within-a-specified-period-of-time/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/05/06/wa-supreme-court-libraries-can-block-internet-porn/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/05/06/wa-supreme-court-libraries-can-block-internet-porn/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 22:25:32 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2234 Bradburn v. N. Cent. Reg'l Library Dist., No. 82200-0 (Wash. May 6, 2010) Library's internet filtering policy is neither prior restraint on free speech nor impermissible content-based restriction on speech.]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/05/06/wa-supreme-court-libraries-can-block-internet-porn/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/03/03/wa-oak-harbor-moves-to-regulate-nude-dancing/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/03/03/wa-oak-harbor-moves-to-regulate-nude-dancing/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:00:07 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2115 Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "The Governmental Services Committee will review the ordinance in draft form Monday, March 9 at 8 a.m. in the City Hall Conference Room, 865 SE Barrington Dr., before it goes to the full council later this month."]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/03/03/wa-oak-harbor-moves-to-regulate-nude-dancing/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/10/07/wa-protestors-want-crackdown-on-nearly-nude-baristas/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/10/07/wa-protestors-want-crackdown-on-nearly-nude-baristas/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:04:08 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=1325 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/10/07/wa-protestors-want-crackdown-on-nearly-nude-baristas/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/09/25/washington-bikini-clad-baristas-charged-with-prostitution/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/09/25/washington-bikini-clad-baristas-charged-with-prostitution/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:20:26 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=1270 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/09/25/washington-bikini-clad-baristas-charged-with-prostitution/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/04/24/federal-judge-rules-that-police-arrests-following-sob-violations-did-not-restrain-free-speech/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/04/24/federal-judge-rules-that-police-arrests-following-sob-violations-did-not-restrain-free-speech/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:05:13 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=1057 Club 21 LLC v. City of Shoreline, No. C08-0078 MJP (W.D. Wash. April 24, 2009), plaintiffs Club 21 argued that the City of Shoreline’s enforcement of its sexually oriented business ordinance “presented an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech” because undercover officers, having “observed violations of the four foot rule,” temporarily closed the club and arrested a number of dancers and managers—thereby restraining speech.]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/04/24/federal-judge-rules-that-police-arrests-following-sob-violations-did-not-restrain-free-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/04/09/wa-supreme-court-holds-that-one-count-per-possession-is-proper-unit-of-prosecution-in-child-porn-cases/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/04/09/wa-supreme-court-holds-that-one-count-per-possession-is-proper-unit-of-prosecution-in-child-porn-cases/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:13:27 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=1063 Washington v. Sutherby, No. 80169-0 (Wash. April 9, 2009), the Washington Supreme Court—agreeing with a Court of Appeals decision—held that “the proper unit of prosecution” for the possession of child pornography is one. Sutherby was originally convicted in a jury trial on, among other things, 10 counts of the possession of child pornography. Investigators had found “several files containing pictures of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.”]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/04/09/wa-supreme-court-holds-that-one-count-per-possession-is-proper-unit-of-prosecution-in-child-porn-cases/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2004/02/01/centralia-washington-crime-risk-in-the-vicinity-of-a-sexually-oriented-business/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2004/02/01/centralia-washington-crime-risk-in-the-vicinity-of-a-sexually-oriented-business/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:56:28 +0000 admin http://communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=144 Richard McCleary: "In sum, the data show that the City has a legitimate public safety rationale for regulating sexually-oriented businesses."]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2004/02/01/centralia-washington-crime-risk-in-the-vicinity-of-a-sexually-oriented-business/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/1998/03/01/kansas-city-mo-adult-use-study/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/1998/03/01/kansas-city-mo-adult-use-study/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 1998 20:16:55 +0000 admin http://communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=292 : Part 1: Analysis of Ordinances of Twenty Other Local Governments, Part 2: Field Survey and Analysis of Businesses, Part 3: Results of Neighborhood Surveys, Part 4: Concluding Policy Analysis and Recommendations]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/1998/03/01/kansas-city-mo-adult-use-study/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/1989/03/01/seattle-wa-proposed-land-use-code-amendment-adult-cabarets/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/1989/03/01/seattle-wa-proposed-land-use-code-amendment-adult-cabarets/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 1989 22:38:41 +0000 admin http://communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=333 Proposed Land Use Code Amendment - Adult Cabarets: "This recent increase in the establishment of adult cabarets in Seattle's neighborhood commercial areas brought about a considerable number of citizen complaints."]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/1989/03/01/seattle-wa-proposed-land-use-code-amendment-adult-cabarets/feed/ 0