Legal Opinion
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression v. Sullivan
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided June 30, 2011No. Case 3:10-cv-0193-RRBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS AT 51 AND 80, DENYING MOTIONS AT DOCKETS 59 AND 83, AND DISMISSING WITH PREJUDICE
RALPH R. BEISTLINE, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
In January of 2010, Alaska passed a bill, SB 222, that amended a variety of statutes with the stated intent of strengthening initiatives relating to sexual assault and domestic violence. The bill included Sections 9-12, which amended and (according to Plaintiffs) expanded an existing censorship law. These sections imposed what Plaintiffs complain are “severe content-based restrictions on the availability, display, and dissemination of…
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