Legal Opinion
City of Albuquerque v. Pangaea Cinema LLC
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided July 20, 2012No. 33,693; Docket No. 30,380PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CASTILLO, Chief Judge.
{1} The Guild Cinema (the Guild), a locally owned art-house movie theater in the Nob Hill neighborhood of the City of Albuquerque (the City), was prosecuted under the City’s zoning regulations covering adult amusement establishments for showing one pornographic film during a weekend festival ofX-rated fare. The Guild argues thatthe City’s crackdown on the showing of just one adult film outside of a zone designated for adult entertainment violates a mainstream theater’s free-speech rights by misusing an ordinance that is unconstitutionally vague and unfairly…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Morris v. BrandenburgNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2015
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- State v. Pangaea Cinema LLCNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2013
- State v. Pangaea Cinema, L.L.C.New Mexico Supreme Court · 2013
- Best v. MarinoNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2017
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