American Amusement MacHine Ass'n v. Kendrick

ENTRY ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

HAMILTON, District Judge.

Introduction and Summary

' The First Amendment does not prohibit states from restricting children’s access to pornography even though adults’ access to the same sexually explicit materials may not be restricted. See Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U.S. 629, 88 S.Ct. 1274, 20 L.Ed.2d 195 (1968). This case presents questions about the extension of this rule of First Amendment law to video games with images of graphic violence. Indianapolis General Ordinance No. 72-2000 restricts the display and operation of coin-operated amusement…