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WASHINGTON MERCANTILE ASS'N v. WILLIAMS

No. 83-3907.

733 F.2d 687 (1984)

WASHINGTON MERCANTILE ASSOCIATION, a Washington nonprofit corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald H. WILLIAMS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Ford, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees.

John R. Wasberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellants.

Before WRIGHT, GOODWIN, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

At issue here is the constitutionality of a state's ban on advertisements for the sale of drug paraphernalia when the sale of that paraphernalia is illegal in the regulating state. The district court ruled that the advertising ban unconstitutionally inhibits speech protected by the First Amendment. U.S. Const. amend. I. The court enjoined the enforcement of the statute and the interested state officials appeal.

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