The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today denied a request for an en banc hearing concerning a lawsuit over a law that bans brothel advertising in Nevada counties where prostitution is against the law. Las Vegas CityLife — which formerly accepted such advertising — is among the appellants, who now must decide whether to drop the case or appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto hailed the ruling.
“I am glad to see that, once again, common sense has prevailed,” she said in a statement. “This state has had restrictions on brothel advertising for 40 years. Nevada should have the right to have reasonable limitations on this type of activity.”
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“We are pleased that the Ninth Circuit has acknowledged our state’s policies and our laws were upheld,” Masto said.
A three-judge panel ruled in March that the state’s laws were constitutional, overturning U.S. District Court Judge James Mahan, who had struck down the state law after CityLife and other publications sued to overturn it in 2006. (A Nye County brothel, the Shady Lady Ranch, sought to advertise in CityLife, but the advertising had to be rejected because Nevada state law bans advertising for legal prostitution services in counties where prostitution isn’t legal, including Clark County.
Neither CityLife nor the other appellants in the case have yet decided whether to mount a U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
The case is Coyote Publishing Inc. et. al. v. Ross Miller, et. al.
Tags: Catherine Cortez Masto, CityLife, Law
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If the decision stands, does it mean you’ll also have to stop all political advertising? After all, politicians are the biggest whores around. At least prostitutes are honest about their profession and give some satisfaction!