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Coyote Publishing, Inc. V. Miller: Blurring The Standards Of Commercial And Noncommercial Speech, Nicole E. Wolfe
Coyote Publishing, Inc. V. Miller: Blurring The Standards Of Commercial And Noncommercial Speech, Nicole E. Wolfe
Golden Gate University Law Review
In Coyote Publishing, Inc. v. Miller, the Ninth Circuit considered the constitutionality of a Nevada statute that regulates commercial advertising of legal brothels. The Ninth Circuit held that severe restrictions on brothel advertising, even in counties where brothels are legal, are valid under the First Amendment. The court concluded that Nevada Revised Statutes sections 201.430(1) and 201.440, which largely prohibit the advertising of licensed brothels, met the four prongs of the Central Hudson test. Although the Ninth Circuit held that Nevada Revised Statutes section 201.430(1) was constitutional, the facts of the case did not apply to Nevada Revised Statutes section …