STATE v. CASILLAS

A19-0576.

952 N.W.2d 629 (2020)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Michael Anthony CASILLAS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: December 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith M. Ellison , Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and James C. Backstrom , Dakota County Attorney, Anna R. Light , Assistant Dakota County Attorney, for appellant.

John T. Arechigo , Arechigo & Stokka, P.A., Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondent.

Leita Walker , Ballard Spahr LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Michael A. Bamberger , Richard M. Zuckerman , Dentons US LLP, New York City, New York; and Raleigh Hannah Levine , Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amici curiae American Booksellers Association, Association of American Publishers, Inc., Media Coalition Foundation, Inc., and National Press Photographers Association.

Isabella Salomão Nascimento , Teresa J. Nelson , American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.

Tracy Shoberg , Battered Women's Justice Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Rana S. Alexander , Standpoint, Saint Paul, Minnesota; Lindsay J. Brice , Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Katherine S. Barrett Wiik , Best & Flanagan LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, Standpoint, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and the Battered Women's Justice Project.

Travis J. Smith , Murray County Attorney, Kelsey R. Kelley , Assistant Anoka County Attorney, William C. Lundy , Certified Student Attorney, Slayton, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota County Attorneys Association.


OPINION

This case asks us to decide whether Minnesota's statute that criminalizes the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, Minnesota Statutes § 617.261 (2020), is unconstitutional under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The district court found the statute was constitutional because...

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