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UNITED STATES v. PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

No. 98-1682.

529 U.S. 803 (2000)

120 S.Ct. 1878

146 L.Ed.2d 865

UNITED STATES et al. v. PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Feldman argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Schultz, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Jacob M. Lewis, Edward Himmelfarb, and Christopher J. Wright.

Robert Corn-Revere argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Jean S. Moore and Burton Joseph.*

Justice Kennedy, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a challenge to § 505 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 136, 47 U. S. C. § 561 (1994 ed., Supp. III). Section 505 requires cable television operators who provide channels "primarily dedicated to sexually-oriented programming" either to "fully scramble or otherwise fully block" those channels or to limit their transmission to hours when children are unlikely...

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