Chemline, Inc. v. City of Grand Prairie
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge:
Chemline, Inc., owned by Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Fisher, operates two drive-in motion picture theaters in Grand Prairie, Texas, located on parts of the same property between U.S. Highway 80 on the north and Jefferson Boulevard on the south. Grand Prairie is a home rule city, abutting on its eastern limits the City of Dallas. The two theaters are known as the Twin Drive-In Theater. Twin West exhibits motion pictures suitable for general family viewing. Twin East exhibits so-called “art pictures.” Mrs. Fisher testified that these include pictures where the nude female body is…
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