VIOLENT VIDEO GAME CASES
To
date, there have been nine violent video game and/or video
arcade game court cases, based on nine state or local laws that have passed. All nine of these cases have been found in favor of the video game industry:
Video Software Dealers Association v. Schwarzenegger,No. C-05-04188, 2007 WL 2261546 (N.D.
Order granting plaintiff's request for permanent
injunction
Basis of suit: 2005
ESA v. Blagojevich,469 F.3d 641 (7th
Cir. 2006)
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal's decision affirming U.S.
District Court decision
Basis of suit: 2006
AAMA et al. v Kendrick et al,244 F.3d 572 (7th Cir. 2001)
Seventh Circuit Court
of Appeals' decision to grant preliminary injunction
Basis of suit: 1999
ESA v. Foti,451 F. Supp. 823 (
U.S. District Court order granting
preliminary injunction
Basis of suit: 2006
ESA v. Granholm,426 F Supp 2d 646 (E.D. Mich.
2006)
Basis of suit: 2005
Entertainment
Software Association v. Swanson(formerly
ESA v. Hatch), 443 F. Supp. 2d 1065 (D. Minn.
2006)
Eighth
Circuit Court of Appeals opinion
Eighth
Circuit Court of Appeals order denying
Basis
of suit: 2006
Entertainment
Merchants Association v. Henry,
2006 WL 2927884 (W.D. Okla. 2006)
Basis
of suit: 2006
IDSA v.
Decision in the Eighth Circuit finding the St. Louis
statute unconstitutional
Basis
of suit: 2000
VSDA v. Maleng,
325
F. Supp. 2d 1180 (W.D. Wash. 2004)
Order Granting Plaintiffs Motion for Summary
Judgment
Basis
of suit: 2003
For more
information on these and similar cases, please visit the Media Coalition’s Litigations to Date page, where the violent
video game cases are listed under Violence and Ratings Enforcement.
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