Legal Opinion
Connection Distributing Co. v. The Honorable Janet Reno
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1998No. 97-3092PublishedCited by 227 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Connection Distributing Company appeals the denial of its motion for preliminary injunction against the enforcement of 18 U.S.C. § 2257 and 28 C.F.R. § 75, et seq., on the ground that the statute and its implementing regulations violate the First Amendment as applied to Appellant. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the district court’s denial of the preliminary injunction.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Nature of the Case
Plaintiff-Appellant Connection Distributing Company (“Connection”) filed this action on September 13, 1995, seeking a judgment declaring 18…
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