Erotic Service Provider Legal Education & Research Project v. Gascon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RESTANI, Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Erotic Service Provider Legal, Education & Research Project; K.L.E.S.; C.V.; J.B.; and John Doe (collectively, “ESP”) appeal the district court’s dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. ESP claims that Section 647(b) of the California Penal Code, which criminalizes .the commercial exchange of sexual activity, violates: (1) the Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process right to sexual privacy; (2) freedom of association under the First or Fourteenth Amendment; (3) the Fourteenth: Amendment substantive due process right to earn a living; and (4)…
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