United States Ninth Circuit

In a First Amendment challenge to a state statute restricting the sale of violent video games to minors, summary judgment for Plaintiffs is affirmed where the law was not narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest in preventing harm to minors.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/29/2008
• Decided 02/20/2009
• Published 02/20/2009

Judges

• CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:, Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, SIDNEY R. THOMAS and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Zackery P. Morazzini, Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, on behalf of Defendants-Appellants Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of California, and Edmund G. Brown, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California., Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP, on behalf of Plaintiffs-Appellees Video Software Dealers Association and Entertainment Software Association.