Legal Opinion

East Brooks Books, Inc. v. City of Memphis

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 24, 2011No. 09-6254PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClay, J., joined by Kennedy, J.,

KETHLEDGE, J. (p. 468-69), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Steve C. Cooper and Southern Entertainment Management Company, Inc., appeal the denial of their motion for relief of judgment pursuant to Federal Civil Procedure Rules 60(b)(5) and (6). At issue is a 1996 consent judgment declaring unconstitutional a 1991 city ordinance intended to regulate sexually-oriented businesses in Memphis, Tennessee.

For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the decision of the district court.

BACKGROUND

I. The 1991 Memphis…

2Cases cited25 opinions

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  2. County of Los Angeles v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Ackermann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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