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Ortiz v. Jordan, No. 09-733, cert grant, 4/26/10
May a party appeal an order denying summary judgment after a full trial on the merits if the party chose not to appeal the order before trial?
SCOTUS docket: here. Scotusblog, briefs: here.
This have anything to do with SPD-related practice? Not really, strictly speaking. But, isn’t the problem at least somewhat reminiscent of the recurrent one based in State v.
Schwarzenegger v. Video Software Dealers Association, No. 08-1448, cert. grant, 4/26/10
California Civil Code sections 1746-1746.5 prohibit the sale of violent video games to minors under 18 where a reasonable person would find that the violent content appeals to a deviant or morbid interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing community standards as to what is suitable for minors, and causes the game as a whole to lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors. The respondent industry groups challenged this prohibition on its face as violating the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.