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Ginsberg Vs. Playtime Theaters: Court Case Study
The Court previously had upheld similarly written provisions. Its decision in Ginsberg v. New York (1968) held that material that is potentially harmful for children can be regulated, even if it is not obscene. FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1978) allowed the FCC to impose administrative sanctions on broadcast media that aired content containing expletives when children could hear it. In Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. (1986), the Court ruled that municipalities could use zoning ordinances to keep adult movie theaters out of residential
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