Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Clement
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided January 12, 1966No. Civ. A. 5410PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*836ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.
Plaintiffs seek a declaration that Chapter 176 of the Public Acts of 1965 (Section 39-3009 TCA) is unconstitutional and an interlocutory and permanent injunction restraining the defendants from enforcement by prosecutions or threatening prosecutions for violations. The Act makes it unlawful for any person to engage in the operation of a nudist colony or to engage in nudist practices in the State of Tennessee. Violations are punishable as misdemeanors. The entire statute, a short one, reads as follows:
“39-3009. Nudist colony and practices unlawful —…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by13 opinions
- In Re LifschutzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. NettoTennessee Supreme Court · 1972
- Buchanan v. BatchelorDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1970
- State v. SchimpfCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1989
- Adell Kirkland, as Mother and Next Friend of Libbie Kirkland, an Infant v. George C. Wallace, as Governor of the State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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