063217P.pdf   03/17/2008  Entertainment  v.  Lori Swanson, etc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-3217
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Smith and Benton]
   Civil case - Minnesota Restricted Video Games Act. The district
   court's grant of a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the
   Minnesota Restricted Video Games Act (Section 325I.06 of the
   Minnesota Code] which prohibits minors from purchasing or renting
   video games bearing a "Mature" or "Adult Only" rating is affirmed;
   under this court's precedents, violent video games are protected free
   speech and restrictions on their access are subject to a strict scrutiny
   analysis; here, the state failed to provide incontrovertible proof of a
   causal connection between exposure to the violence depicted in the
   games and subsequent psychological dysfunction, and such a high level
   of proof is required under the strict scrutiny analysis.