Legal Opinion
Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. v. United States
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided December 28, 1998No. Civ.A. 96-94-JJFPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. (“Playboy”) challenges the constitutionality of section 505 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 561 (“CDA”) which regulates signal bleed, i.e., the partial reception of sexually explicit adult cable television programming in the homes of non-subscribers to that programming. Playboy seeks a declaratory judgment that § 505 violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution and also seeks injunctive relief, preventing the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
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- United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
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