Legal Opinion
SDJ, Inc. v. City of Houston
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided June 3, 1986No. Civ. A. H-86-1291PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
McDONALD, District Judge.
This is an action filed by twenty three owners of topless bars challenging the constitutionality of the City of Houston’s Ordinance regulating sexually oriented businesses. In 1983, the City of Houston enacted an Ordinance providing, inter alia, for the regulation of the location of certain sexually oriented businesses and the exteri- or portion and signage of such businesses. The Plaintiffs were specifically exempted from the 1983 Ordinance. In 1985, the State of Texas Legislature amended the enabling statute to allow cities, including the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Pleasureland Museum, Inc. v. BeutterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Lindsay v. Papageorgiou, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1988
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