Is Minnesota Video Game Appeal Heading to US Supreme Court?
[…] wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAs GamePolitics reported last month, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson (left) appealed a decision by the US 8th Circuit Court which held that a lower court was correct in ruling the state’s 2006 “fine the buyer” video game law unconstitutional. In her appeal, Swanson was seeking what is known as an en banc review of the case, in which all of the 8th Circuit’s judges would review the decision made in March by a three-judge panel in March. GamePolitics has now learned that the 8th Circuit has declined to hold the en banc review. This means that the only legal recourse available to Minnesota is an appeal to the US Supreme Court. If that happens, it will be the first time that the Supreme Court has considered a case involving video game legislation.
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