Legal Opinion
Sherri Williams v. Attorney General of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 2004No. 02-16135PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this case, the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”)1 invites us to add a new right to the current catalogue of fundamental rights under the Constitution: a right to sexual privacy. It further asks us to declare Alabama’s statute prohibiting the sale of “sex toys” to be an impermissible burden on this right. Alabama responds that the statute exercises a time-honored use of state police power- — -restricting the sale of sex. We are compelled to agree with Alabama and must decline the ACLU’s invitation.
I. BACKGROUND
Alabama’s Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act prohibits,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Washington v. GlucksbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- Cook v. GatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- Allen A. Muth v. Matthew J. Frank, SecretaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
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