Lilith
11-02-2002, 08:39 PM
The Associated Press
The state has appealed a federal court ruling that overturned a law banning the sale of vibrators and other sex toys, a television station reported.
Attorney General Bill Pryor filed the appeal with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Wednesday, Alabama Public Television reported.
U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith Jr. ruled earlier this month that the law violated the constitutional right to privacy.
It's the second time Pryor has appealed a ruling against the 1998 law. Smith tossed it out in 1999, but the 11th Circuit sent the case back to district court for reconsideration, leading to Smith's latest decision.
The law was challenged by six women who either sell sex aids or said they need them for sexual gratification.
The state has appealed a federal court ruling that overturned a law banning the sale of vibrators and other sex toys, a television station reported.
Attorney General Bill Pryor filed the appeal with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Wednesday, Alabama Public Television reported.
U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith Jr. ruled earlier this month that the law violated the constitutional right to privacy.
It's the second time Pryor has appealed a ruling against the 1998 law. Smith tossed it out in 1999, but the 11th Circuit sent the case back to district court for reconsideration, leading to Smith's latest decision.
The law was challenged by six women who either sell sex aids or said they need them for sexual gratification.