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While there was no majority opinion, eight justices, all but Justice Stevens, agreed that the federal appeals court in Philadelphia had not adequately analyzed the issues before blocking enforcement on the ground that the statute's reference to "contemporary community standards" could not properly be applied to the worldwide community of the Internet.
Tobacco companies have cited a 2006 court case in Erie County in which wholesalers got a restraining order blocking enforcement of the law on Indian reservations.
District officials will not appeal a court order blocking enforcement of the city's restrictions on carrying concealed guns in public, setting the stage for what could be a marked increase in firearms on the streets of the nation's capital.
Judge Martin L. C. Feldman of the United States District Court in New Orleans agreed with the company, and on June 22 issued an order blocking enforcement of the moratorium.
Technically, this ruling is not a final decision on the merits, but only a ruling granting a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the order.
On Feb. 24, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which had earlier upheld the Texas abortion law, lifted the judge's order blocking enforcement of the Louisiana law.
Federal judges in New York and San Francisco were considering other requests to block enforcement of the new law, on a day in which both sides in the debate over abortion split their attention between the political and judicial arenas.
The airlines are planning to ask Federal District Court in Albany on Tuesday to block enforcement of the law, set to take effect Jan . 1
On Friday, a federal judge in Washington state temporarily blocked enforcement of the order, though the practical implications of the ruling were unclear.
Labor board officials say this could block enforcement of the 80 N.L.R.B. decisions.
