September 2022

Judge Finds Virginia Obscenity Statute Unconstitutional and Dismisses Attempt to Have Two Books Declared Obscene

By Nicole Bergstrom and Molly G. Rothschild

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter September 2022

TOPICS : First Amendment

A judge found Virginia’s obscenity law unconstitutional and dismissed Petitions seeking to have two books, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maasand Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, found obscene.

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