Does this qualify as sin? You betcha — says the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today. On August 15, 2004, a handful of City of Milwaukee police officers acted on an anonymous tip that a wanted felon had entered Ms. Virgina Viilo’s home accompanied by a pit bull. Ms. Viilo was relaxing in her backyard with her elderly [...]
A new alcohol-law blog
October 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
You’re in the alcohol biz. You develop a pumpkin spice cream liqueur. Yummy. (Okay, not so yummy.) Your savvy ad firm whips up a label. Guess what? Before you can market and distribute your alcohol-pumpkin-mash in this country, the federal government must approve the formula and label. Robert C. Lehrman is the principal of Lehrman Beverage Law. According to his firm’s Web site, they have extensive [...]
Burning movies for (and to be) content
October 23, 2008 By 2 Comments
Imagine your church congregation buys a once-was, drive-in movie theater (to use as a “meeting place”), only to find, after the sale, that the theater’s old projection room houses 100 or so canisters of pornography from the 1970s and 1980s. To some that would be a sweet dream. To others, more like a nightmare. To the “Members of Christ [...]
No fireworks at the ATF
October 11, 2008 By 1 Comment
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has made news in recent weeks. Last month a federal judge denied an ATF agent’s motion for summary judgment in a First Amendment retaliation case out of Pensacola, Florida. (HT: ACLU of Florida.) The plaintiff, Ms. Karen Kilpatrick, claims that the ATF agent (and others) violated her First and Fourth Amendment rights [...]
Arizona: adult bookstore hours-of-operation statute
October 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Can we stay up late tonight? That’s what kids ask parents. It’s also what adult bookstore owners have been asking the State of Arizona ever since its legislature adopted Revised Arizona Statute § 13-1422. That statute forbids adult bookstores from remaining open during certain early morning hours. Today the Arizona Supreme Court answered that question (almost); at least the supreme court resolved [...]
Monkey see, Monkey serve
October 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
“Son, kick their butt.”
October 7, 2008 By 1 Comment
That’s one of my favorite lines from Hoosiers. Another comes from Coach Dale: ”My practices are not designed for your enjoyment.” Well, one Indiana adult club just let the City of Kokomo know something about the club’s practice of renewing alcohol permits: “Kokomo strip club wins fight over liquor license,” is the title of this article. It’s a simple story. In 2001 Mom [...]
This county ain’t big enough for the both of us
October 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It’s been a rough couple of months for Sheriff Victor Hill. He’s the (lame duck) Sheriff of Clayton County, Georgia. In August, a federal judge declined to grant qualified immunity to Mr. Hill in a suit brought by a strip club against the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office. In that complaint, the club (Pink Pony South) alleges that one day after it [...]
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