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Government,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Sep. 26, 2018

9th Circuit sits en banc to mull constitutionality of San Francisco soda health warning

Judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared unsure Tuesday of how to rule on a challenge to a San Francisco ordinance requiring health warnings for soda advertisements, noting that recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on government-compelled speech complicates the landscape of commercial First Amendment case law.

9th Circuit sits en banc to mull constitutionality of San Francisco soda health warning
San Francisco Deputy City Attorney Jeremy Goldman

PASADENA -- Judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared unsure Tuesday of how to rule on a challenge to a San Francisco ordinance requiring health warnings for soda advertisements, noting that recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on government-compelled speech complicates the landscape of commercial First Amendment case law.

Sitting en banc to review U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen's 2016 decision not to issue a prelim...

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