Gresser v. Anne Arundel County

CHASANOW, Judge.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals in these three consolidated cases in which the intermediate ap pellate court reviewed a ruling by the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County (the County) that granted summary judgment in favor of the respondent Anne Arundel County. The summary judgment order, dated June 7, 1995, determined that an Anne Arundel County ordinance regulating the location and operation of adult bookstores, film arcades, and motion picture theaters was “legal” and ordered that the petitioners immediately cease use and operation of an adult film…