Law Review: Why the 5th Circuit is Correct About Lawrence

Satisfying Lawrence: The Fifth Circuit Strikes Ban on Sex Toy Sales
Jamie Iguchi, 43 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 655 (2009)

“At its core, the disagreement between the circuits turns on the scope of the right announced in Lawrence and the standard of review it requires.”

“Rabbit” Hunting in the Supreme Court: The Constitutionality of State Prohibitions of Sex Toy Sales Following Lawrence v. Texas

“This Note . . . supports the Eleventh Circuit’s interpretation of Lawrence in Williams v. Attorney General of Alabama as a means of limiting the Lawrence decision and preserving traditional state authority to democratically police the borders of accepted sexual behavior in preservation of public morality.”

Courts divide over constitutionality of sex toy bans

FindLaw: “The Supreme Court of Alabama recently upheld a state obscenity law banning the sale or promotion of sex toys. In so holding, the Court agreed with one of the two federal appellate courts to consider the same question in recent cases”

Will Alabama’s criminalization of sex toys reach the Supreme Court?

1568 Montgomery Highway, Inc. v. City of Hoover, No. 1070531 (Ala. Sept. 11, 2009)