Entertainment Software Association v. Foti[1] is a lawsuit filed on June 16, 2006 claiming that a Louisiana law should be declared unconstitutional.
The recently passed Louisiana law was a way for the state to censor video games by making it illegal to supply minors with video games considered violent, similar to laws making pornographic material unavailable to minors, but using violence as the criteria instead of sexual content.
The lawsuit claims that the law infringed on the video game industry's constitutional right to freedom of expression.
The suit was successful in getting the law overturned in late 2006, and the plaintiffs were awarded attorney's fees in early 2007.
The law made it illegal for someone in Louisiana to sell, lease or rent a violent video game (as defined in the Act) to someone under 18 years of age.