Legal Opinion
511 Detroit Street, Inc. v. Kelley
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1986No. Nos. 85-1279, 85-1622 and 85-1642PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants appeal from an order of District Judge Stewart A. Newblatt of the Eastern District of Michigan ruling that a portion of Michigan’s anti-obscenity law is unconstitutionally vague and over-broad and that it acts as an impermissible restraint on protected speech. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand.
I
The 1984 Michigan anti-obscenity law, Act 343 of 1984, was to become effective on March 29, 1985. The law includes a provision, Section 6, which provides that—
[a] person is guilty of obscenity in the second degree when, knowing the content…
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