Legal Opinion
Capitol News Co., Inc. v. METRO. GOV'T, ETC.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 6, 1978PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
In this case appellants challenge the constitutionality of an ordinance of the Metropolitan Government enacted in October 1976, prohibiting the willful sale or commercial distribution of explicit sexual and pornographic materials to minors. After an evidentiary hearing the Chancellor upheld the ordinance. We affirm his decision.
Insofar as the record reveals, under the ordinance one arrest has been made of personnel of appellants. The facts incident to that arrest are uncontradicted. Some time after the ordinance had been enacted and businesses having magazines and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ginsberg v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Erznoznik v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Hynes v. Mayor and Council of OradellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- People v. LlewellynMichigan Supreme Court · 1977
- Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. ShacklettTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Davis-Kidd Booksellers, Inc. v. McWherterTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- AM. BOOKSELLERS ASS'N, INC. v. RendellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- State v. StreetCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- City of Chattanooga v. MyersTennessee Supreme Court · 1990
- State v. BrackettCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
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