NEW HOPE BOOKS, INC. v. FARMER

No. CIV. 98-3937 JBS.

82 F.Supp.2d 321 (2000)

NEW HOPE BOOKS, INC., and 705 Crescent Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. John J. FARMER, Jr. (as Attorney General of the State of New Jersey), Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

January 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Diorio, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs.

John J. Farmer Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey by Larry Etzweiler, Trenton, NJ, for defendant.


OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge.

This motion addresses the important issue of whether it is appropriate for this federal court to subject a state criminal statute to pre-enforcement review upon the ground that the statute's existence is alleged to have a tendency to chill the plaintiffs' exercise of First Amendment rights in connection with the operation of their adult entertainment business. In this case, plaintiffs, New Hope Books, Inc. ("New Hope") and...

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