Legal Opinion

Williams v. Pryor

District Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided March 29, 1999No. Civ.A. 98-S-1938-NEPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SMITH, District Judge.

The Alabama Legislature enacted an “Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act” during the Regular Session of 1989. The Act subsequently was codified at Alabama Code §§ 13A-12-200.1 to -200.10 (1975) (1994 Replacement Volume). Nine years later, during the 1998 Regular Session, the Alabama Legislature amended various provisions of the Act through passage of Alabama Act No. 98-467. 1 Among other changes wrought, section 6 of Act No. 98-467 extended Alabama Code § 13A-12-200.2 2 —which previously had applied only to the “distribution” of “obscene material” 3 — so as…

2Cases cited70 opinions

  1. Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
  4. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  5. City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Pleasureland Museum, Inc. v. BeutterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  2. Webber v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000
  3. Sherri Williams v. Troy KingCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
  4. State v. BrenanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  5. Williams v. PryorDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2002

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