Opinion ID: 3011032
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: D.T.C. (collectively, Defendants).

Text: The District Court preliminarily enjoined the enforcement of N.J.S.A. 2C:47-10 pending a final determination regarding the statute's constitutionality. Waterman v. Verniero, 12 F.Supp.2d 364 (D.N.J. 1998) (Waterman I). The District Court later concluded that the statute was unconstitutional and permanently enjoined Defendants from enforcing it. Waterman v. Verniero, 12 F.Supp.2d 378 (D.N.J. 1998) (Waterman II). Defendants appealed. Several weeks after this case was argued on appeal, counsel for Defendants advised the Court, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 28(j), that New Jersey had promulgated regulations implementing N.J.S.A. 2C:47-10. The regulations significantly narrow the statute's scope by defining many of the operative terms. The regulations contain the following definitions: Associated anatomical area means exposed or unclothed genitalia or female breasts. _________________________________________________________________ 3. John Farmer, Jr. has since replaced Peter Verniero as Attorney General of New Jersey. 5 Sexual activity means actual or simulated ultimate sexual acts including sexual intercourse, oral sex, masturbation, or bestiality. Sexually oriented material means a picture or other representation, publication, sound recording, live performance or film that contains a description or depiction of sexual activity or associated anatomical area, as these terms are herein defined. N.J.A.C. 10A:18-9.1 (1999). The regulations also provide that [m]aterials containing a depiction or description of sexual activity or an associated anatomical area shall not be considered `sexually oriented' unless the material is predominantly oriented to such depictions or descriptions. N.J.A.C. 10A:18-9.2(b). A publication is considered predominantly oriented to the depiction or description of sexual activity or associated anatomical area only if it features or contains such descriptions or displays on a routine or regular basis or promotes itself based upon such depictions in the case of individual one-time issues. N.J.A.C. 10A:18-9.2(c). The regulations prescribe the procedures that A.D.T.C. staff must follow when notifying inmates that a particular publication is prohibited by the statute. N.J.A.C. 10A:18- 9.3. They also impose sanctions for violations of the statute, N.J.A.C. 10A:18-9.5, and exempt from regulation all materials deemed to serve a legitimate rehabilitative purpose, N.J.A.C. 10A:18-9.4.