Dottie's Dress Shop, Inc. v. Village of Lyons

We need not resort to the oft-repeated observation of United States Supreme Court Justice Stewart:

“I could never succeed in intelligibly [defining pornography.] But I know it when I see it ***.” Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184, 197, 12 L. Ed. 2d 793, 803-04, 84 S. Ct. 1676, 1683 (1964) (Stewart, J., concurring).

The trial court reversed the findings and orders of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Lyons (hereinafter the Board or the Village) that denied a use and occupancy permit to Dottie’s Dress Shop, Inc. (hereinafter Dottie’s), when Village authorities discovered that Dottie’s…