Legal Opinion
Bayou Landing, Ltd. v. Watts
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1977No. Nos. 75-3632, 75-4436PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
In these § 19831 cases, the owners of so-called adult bookstores challenged on first amendment grounds certain actions of the city-parish council of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. In No. 75-4436 (hereinafter Ouza), the council, spurred by the arrest of two bookstore employees on obscenity charges, revoked the occupational licenses under which an adult bookstore had been operating. In No. 75-3632 (hereinafter Bayou Landing), the council directed that the permanent occupancy permit for an adult bookstore be withheld, because residents of the area…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Speiser v. RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bantam Books, Inc. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Erznoznik v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Scott v. Greenville CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Bayside Enterprises, Inc. v. CarsonDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1978
- Purple Onion, Inc. v. JacksonDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1981
- United States v. Gregory H. ValenzuelaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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