American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc. v. Hudnut
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American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc. v. Hudnut, 771 F.2d 323 (7th Cir. 1985),[1] aff'd mem., 475 U.S. 1001 (1986), was a 1985 court case that successfully challenged the constitutionality of the Antipornography Civil Rights Ordinance, as enacted in Indianapolis, Indiana the previous year.
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American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc. v. Hudnut | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
Full case name | American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. William H. Hudnut, Mayor of Indianapolis |
Argued | June 4, 1985 |
Decided | August 27, 1985 |
Citation(s) | 771 F.2d 323 |
Case history | |
Prior history | 598 F. Supp. 1316 (S.D. Ind. 1984) |
Subsequent history | Rehearing and rehearing en banc denied, Sept. 20, 1985; aff'd mem., 475 U.S. 1001; fees awarded on remand, 650 F. Supp. 324 (S.D. Ind. 1986) |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Richard Dickson Cudahy, Frank H. Easterbrook, Luther Merritt Swygert |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Easterbrook, joined by Cudahy |
Concurrence | Swygert |
Laws applied | |
First Amendment |
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