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Video Game Trade Group to Get $182,000 in Legal Fees from Michigan

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2006 - 1:03pm.
Washington - The Entertainment Software Association said on Friday that it will receive more than $182,000 in legal fees from the State of Michigan following its successful suit to block a new state law banning the sale of violent video games to minors.

The fees were ordered because the Michigan law was declared unconstitutional. It was the third similar legal ruling decided in favor of the video game industry this week, increasing the total currently owed or paid by states to the industry to more than $1.5 million. Other state and municipalities ordered to pay the ESA legal fees include Illinois ($510,000), Washington ($344,000), St. Louis ($180,000) and Indianapolis ($318,000).

"States that pass laws regulating video game sales might as well just tell voters they have a new way to throw away their tax dollars on wasteful and pointless political exercises that do nothing to improve the quality of life in the state," said Douglas Lowenstein, president of the ESA. "In nine out of nine cases in the past six years, judges have struck down these clearly unconstitutional laws."

Related Links:
http://www.theesa.com/archives/2006/12/michigan_must_p.php
tags: Games | Law | Lawsuits | Censorship | Violent Games | Michigan | ESA | Parental Control | Court Fees |



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