Legal Opinion
Brown v. Pornography Com'n of Lower Southampton
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 21, 1985No. 84-4630PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
O’NEILL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs bring this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. They challenge the validity of a number of anti-pornography ordinances adopted by Lower Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and seek declaratory and injunctive relief and damages.
The present application for a permanent injunction concerns only the two ordinances currently in effect in the Township, Ordinances Nos. 237 and 339. A hearing has been held, briefs filed and oral argument presented. This memorandum will serve as my…
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