AMERICAN AMUSEMENT MACHINE ASS'N, et al.,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
TERI KENDRICK, et al.,
Defendants - Appellees
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On Appeal From a Judgment of the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division
Enacted in July 2001, an Indianapolis, Ind., city ordinance required video game arcade owners to limit access to games that depicted certain activities, including amputation, dismemberment, bloodshed, or sexual intercourse. Only with the permission of an accompanying parent or guardian could children seventeen years old and younger play these types of video games. On March 23, 2001, a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the trial court's decision stating that "children have First Amendment rights." On Monday, October 29, 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari.
Has any similar case come before courts in the past? If so, how was it resolved?
No similar cases has happened in the past.
Does this case deal with a person’s or a group’s freedom of speech?
This case deals with a group's freedom of speech. Specifically children of the age of 17 and younger.
Should the activity in question be restricted in all situations or just this one?
I don't believe that this activity should be restricted at all.
Would you want someone to take this right away from you?
I would not want someone to take this right away from me.
Who could be hurt if this right is upheld? Who could be hurt if it is removed?
The group of children of ages 17 and younger would be hurt of this right were to be upheld.
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