Authorities Cited: United States Code 7 U.S.C. § 1901 7 U.S.C. § 2142 7 U.S.C. § 2156 7 U.S.C. § 2158 15 U.S.C. § 1821 16 U.S.C. § 1331 16 U.S.C. § 1361 16 U.S.C. § 1531 18 U.S.C. § 48 18 U.S.C. § 48(a) 18 U.S.C. § 48(b) 18 U.S.C. § 48(c)(1) 18 U.S.C. § 922 18 U.S.C. § 1202(b) 18 U.S.C. § 2252 18 U.S.C. § 3231 21 U.S.C. § 201 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) 28 U.S.C. § 1291 31 U.S.C. § 48(b) Supreme Court 315 U.S. 568 336 U.S. 490, 498 354 U.S. 476, 484-485 394 U.S. 705 395 U.S. 444 413 U.S. 15 413 U.S. 376, 388-747 413 U.S. 601, 612-616 428 U.S. 153, 169 429 U.S. 97, 102 457 U.S. 596, 607 458 U.S. 747 466 U.S. 789, 800-801 468 U.S. 609, 624-625 470 U.S. 480, 496-497 481 U.S. 221, 230 481 U.S. 739, 748-750 485 U.S. 312, 322 487 U.S. 1, 11 489 U.S. 214, 226 491 U.S. 397, 414 491 U.S. 524, 541-542 492 U.S. 115, 126 495 U.S. 103, 144 496 U.S. 310, 319 502 U.S. 105, 118-121 505 U.S. 377, 382-395 508 U.S. 520 514 U.S. 334, 348 515 U.S. 753, 761 515 U.S. 819, 828 528 U.S. 32, 39 529 U.S. 803, 816-826 530 U.S. 703, 732 532 U.S. 514, 531 533 U.S. 98, 112 535 U.S. 234, 244-256 538 U.S. 343, 358-359 539 U.S. 306, 328 542 U.S. 656 545 U.S. 1 545 U.S. 1125 Circuit Courts 398 F.2d 464, 467 531 F.2d 1089, 1093 553 F.2d 1164, 1173 782 F.2d 38, 42 77 F.3d 1015, 1021 194 F.3d 465, 474-482 381 F.3d 202, 206 402 F.3d 1303, 1315-1316 459 F.3d 1276, 1284-1285

Blogged: How Appealing Available online from law.com How Appealing "Federal law on animal cruelty videos struck down; Overturning a Virginia man's 2005 conviction, a U.S. appeals court says that depictions of dogfighting and other acts are protected by the 1st Amendment" How Appealing By a vote of 10 to 3, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit holds unconstitutional a federal law criminalizing the sale of creation, sale, or possession of depictions of animal cruelty Volokh Conspiracy Third Circuit Rejects Proposed New "Depiction of Animal Cruelty" First Amendment Exception,