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"Judge dismisses spring break smut suit"

"Judge dismisses spring break smut suit": Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, "When Julie Amanda Tilton went to Daytona Beach during spring break, she competed in a number of risque contests at a local motel before hundreds of observers, some taking photos. The Florida woman eventually filed a federal lawsuit after learning that footage of the contests had been posted on the Internet. But on Thursday, the federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled against Tilton, effectively ending her suit seeking damages from the hotel, the owner of a video company and others."

Circuit Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. wrote today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

The appellate court's opinion begins, "This appeal concerns whether videos and photographs of Julie Amanda Tilton participating in activities during spring break in Daytona Beach, Florida, when she was seventeen years and ten months old, involve 'sexually explicit conduct.'"

Full post as published by How Appealing on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).