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United States Ninth Circuit


Erotic Service Provider Legal Education and Research Project v. Gascon, 16-15927

Affirming the district court's dismissal of an action challenging the California law criminalizing the commercial exchange of sexual activity, holding that there was not a liberty interest preventing the criminalization, prostitute/client relationships were not protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, and prostitution did not constitute protected commercial speech under the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

  • Published 2018/01/17

Judges

  • RESTRANI

Court

  • United States Ninth Circuit

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