United States Third Circuit

A Pennsylvania Liquor Code statute and a regulation that prohibit "lewd" entertainment at any licensed establishment are facially invalid because they are substantially overbroad, punishing a significant amount of protected speech in relation to their legitimate scope.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/25/2006
• Decided 08/15/2006
• Published 08/15/2006

Judges

• FUENTES, Circuit Judge., Before FUENTES, STAPLETON and ALARCÓN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Michael Murray, (Argued), Steven D. Shafron, Raymond Vasvari, Berkman Gordon Murray & DeVan, Cleveland, OH, Attorneys for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John O.J. Shellenberger, (Argued), Chief Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Chief, Appellate Litigation Section, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellee.