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Supreme Court strikes down California video game law


Visitors try out new games on Microsoft's Xbox 360 console at Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 16, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Yuriko Nakao

WASHINGTON | Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:31am EDT

(Reuters) - The Supreme Court struck down on Monday a California law banning sales or rentals of violent video games to minors for violating free-speech rights, its first ruling in a video game case.

By a 7-2 vote, the justices upheld a ruling by an appeals court that declared unconstitutional the law, which also imposes strict video-game labeling requirements.

(Reporting by James Vicini, Editing by Will Dunham)

Credit: Reuters (www.reuters.com)

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