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No._________ 
In the Supreme Court of the United States
 ARNOLD
 
SCHWARZENEGGER,
IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY  AS
G
OVERNOR OF THE
S
TATE OF
C
 ALIFORNIA
,
AND
EDMUND
 
G.
 
BROWN
 
J
R
.,
IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS
 A
TTORNEY 
G
ENERAL OF THE
S
TATE OF
C
 ALIFORNIA
,
 
P
ETITIONERS
 v. VIDEO
 
SOFTWARE
 
DEALERS
 
 ASSOCIATION
AND
ENTERTAINMENT
 
SOFTWARE
 
 ASSOCIATION
 
O
N
P
ETITION FOR
 A 
 
 W 
RIT OF
C
ERTIORARI TO THE
 U
NITED
S
TATES
C
OURT OF
 A 
PPEALS FOR THE
N
INTH
C
IRCUIT
 
P
ETITION FOR A
 W 
RIT OF
C
ERTIORARI
E
DMUND
G.
 
B
ROWN
J
R
. Attorney General of CaliforniaD
 AVID
S.
 
C
HANEY 
 Chief Assistant Attorney GeneralG
ORDON
B
URNS
 Deputy Solicitor GeneralD
OUGLAS
J.
 
W
OODS
 Supervising Deputy Attorney GeneralZ
 ACKERY 
P.
 
M
ORAZZINI
 Deputy Attorney General
Counsel of Record 
1300 I Street, Suite 125P.O. Box 944255Sacramento, CA 94244-2550Telephone: (916) 445-8226Fax: (916) 324-5567
Counsel for Petitioners 
 
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QUESTIONS PRESENTED
California Civil Code sections 1746-1746.5prohibit the sale of violent video games tominors under 18 where a reasonable personwould find that the violent content appeals to adeviant or morbid interest of minors, ispatently offensive to prevailing communitystandards as to what is suitable for minors, andcauses the game as a whole to lack seriousliterary, artistic, political, or scientific value forminors. The respondent industry groupschallenged this prohibition on its face asviolating the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. The court of appeals affirmed thedistrict court’s judgment permanently enjoiningenforcement of the prohibition. The questionspresented are:1.
 
Does the First Amendment bar a statefrom restricting the sale of violent video gamesto minors?2.
 
If the First Amendment applies to violentvideo games that are sold to minors, and thestandard of review is strict scrutiny, under
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. F.C.C.
, 512U.S. 622, 666 (1994), is the state required todemonstrate a direct causal link betweenviolent video games and physical andpsychological harm to minors before the statecan prohibit the sale of the games to minors?
 
ii
LIST OF PARTIES
Petitioners are Arnold Schwarzenegger, inhis official capacity as the Governor of the Stateof California, and Edmund G. Brown Jr., in hisofficial capacity as the Attorney General of theState of California.Respondents are the Video SoftwareDealers Association and the EntertainmentSoftware Association.
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