Odds shifted toward the Hustler Magazine founder after a federal judge signals a California organized crime law is stale and perhaps unconstitutional.
Larry Flynt at a Free Speech Coalition event in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2009. Photo by Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) Tilting the odds in Larry Flynt’s favor Thursday, a federal judge gave life to the porn mogul’s fight to oust a California law that’s preventing the expansion of his gambling industry portfolio.
U.S. District Judge John Mendez denied the state’s attempt to dismiss the entire case, saying the broad enforcement of the anti-organized crime bill could amount to regulation of interstate commerce.