Legal Opinion
N W Enterprises Inc v. The City of Houston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 25, 2003No. 98-20255, 98-20885PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
These appeals and cross-appeals by the City of Houston and regulated entities arise out of an action brought by 105 individuals and 88 adult entertainment establishments challenging the City of Houston’s 1997 amendments to its ordinances governing sexually oriented businesses (SOBs). We overrule the district court’s determination that certain provisions of the amendments should be treated as content-based and thus subject to strict scrutiny. Instead, all of the provisions of City Ordinance 97-75 challenged on First Amendment grounds should be subjected to…
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