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Originally posted by Rokenn:
It was in the adult only section of the comic book store and sold to an adult. If Texas starts busting up comic stores due to this ruling it will be back to the Supreme court in a few years.
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I added to my post above. Check it out. There was apparently a statute prohibiting the sale of obscenity in the local are (or perhaps limiting what businesses can sell it).
Here's the January, 2001 Dallas Observer article about it. Unfortunately, it still is not clear on what law was being broken. But, as I stated, laws can fairly be passed limiting the sale and distribution of obscene material.
The "adult section" you reference was for violent comics, but just because it was called an "adult section" in the store does not mean the local/state laws allowed the sale of "adult" (i.e. obscene) materials.
[ 08-14-2003, 11:02 AM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]