Legal Opinion
Topanga Press, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1993No. 91-55865PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
The City of Los Angeles (“City”) appeals the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction prohibiting the City from enforcing its Adult Entertainment Business Zoning Ordinance, Los Angeles Municipal Code § 12.70, against the Appellees,- owners of adult entertainment businesses (“Adult Businesses”). We affirm the order of the district court.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1977, the City Department of Planning conducted a study which found that concentrations of adult entertainment businesses were creating blight in the neighborhoods where the businesses…
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