Alameda Books, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

OPINION

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this case is the district court’s grant of summary judgment against the City of Los Angeles on the grounds that the City’s Ordinance for the dispersal of adult entertainment businesses violates the First Amendment. We reverse. The district court erred by granting summary judgment on the issue whether the plaintiffs had presented “actual and convincing” evidence “casting doubt” on the City’s rationale for its Ordinance.

I. Facts and Procedural History

The facts of this resilient case are not in dispute. Toward the end of the 1960’s the City of Los…