Legal Opinion
George Basiardanes v. City of Galveston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1982No. 81-2239PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a First Amendment and Due Process challenge to a zoning ordinance that is so broad it effectively bans the showing of nonobscene but sexually oriented motion pictures at adult theaters within the City of Galveston. George Ba-siardanes, a property owner in Galveston, leased his building for the showing of adult films. Galveston then passed a zoning ordinance that prohibited Basiardanes from using his building for this purpose. After the Galveston adult theater ordinance frustrated his plans to house an adult theater in his building,…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by140 opinions
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- Hardy W. Ryland and Alma Odessa Ryland v. Alfred B. Shapiro, Edwin O. Ware and Edward E. Roberts, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- City of Spokane v. DouglassWashington Supreme Court · 1990
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