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| | | Issue | Whether a federal law requiring cable operators to "fully scramble" indecent and sexually explicit programming on adult stations violates the First Amendment. | |
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Majority Opinion
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Kennedy, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Stevens, J., & Thomas, J. |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Scalia, J., & Breyer, J. (the latter joined by Rehnquist, C.J., O'Connor, J., & Scalia, J.) |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim sustained. |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
Christopher J. Wright, for Federal Communications Commission
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| Briefs |
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| News Stories & Commentary |
Greenhouse, Linda, "Court Overrules law Restring Cable Sex Shows," New York Times, May 23, 2000, sect. A, p. 1
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Rutenberg, Jim, "No Big Surge in Sex Programs Is Expected From Cable Ruling," New York Times, May 24, 2000, sect. A, p. 16
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
Playboy v. United States, 30 F. Supp. 2d 702 (F.Dist. Del., 1999)
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| Other |
Bell, Tom W., "Free Speech, Strict Scrutiny, and Self-Help: How Technology Upgrades Constitutional Jurisprudence," 87 Minnesota Law Review 743 (2003)
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Bhagwat, Ashutosh, "What if I want my Kids to Watch Pornography?: Protecting Children from 'Indecent' Speech," 11 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 671 (2003)
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Corn-Revere, Robert, "Playboy Prevails in Four-Year Struggle to Strike Down Section 505 of Telecom Act," in THE FIRST AMENDMENT & THE MEDIA: 2001, edited by Richard T. Kaplar (Media Institute, 2001), pp. 89-86
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Ross, Catherine J., "Anything Goes: Examining the State's Interest in Protecting Children from Controversial Speech," 53 Vand. L. Rev. 427 (2000)
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Tubbs, David L., "Conflicting Images of Children in First Amendment Jurisprudence," 30 Pepperdine Law Review 1 (2002)
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