Legal Opinion

Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. v. United States

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided November 8, 1996No. Civil Action 96-94, 96-107-JJFPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs in this action, Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. (“Playboy”) and Graff Pay-Per-View (“Graff”), challenge the constitutionality of section 505 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (“the CDA” of “the Act”), which is Title V ?f the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56. Congress enacted section 505 in an effort to eliminate signal bleed, i.e., the partial reception of sexually explicit adult cable television programming in the homes of non-subscribers to that programming.

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2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  4. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1998
  2. Wagner v. City of HolyokeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2000
  3. United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Secretary of the United States Department of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013
  5. Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Secretary of the United States Department of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013

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