Legal Opinion
Videophile, Inc. v. City of Hattiesburg
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided January 15, 1985No. Civ. A. H84-0237(L)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
TOM S. LEE, District Judge.
This cause is before the court on the motion of the plaintiff, Videophile, Inc., to enjoin enforcement of the obscenity ordinance recently enacted by the defendant, the City of Hattiesburg (City), 1 pending a trial on the merits. The court, having reviewed the memoranda with attachments submitted by the parties and having heard oral argument on the issues, is of the opinion that the plaintiff’s motion is well taken and should be granted.
The criteria for the issuance of a preliminary injunction are well settled in the Fifth Circuit. The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jenkins v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by4 opinions
- J&b Entertainment, Inc. v. City of Jackson, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Central Telecommunications, Inc. v. TCI Cablevision, Inc.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1985
- J & B Entertainment v. City of Jackson, MSCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Walter Jones v. The City of Canton, MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2019