Legal Opinion
Wil-Kar, Inc. v. Village of Germantown
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 13, 2001No. 01-C-0266PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ADELMAN, District Judge.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Video Update, a business that rents and sells videotapes, brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of a Village of Ger-mantown ordinance requiring “adult-oriented establishments” to obtain a license in order to operate. Germantown, Wis., Ord. § 12:24 (1992) [hereinafter “Ord.”]. Plaintiff rents and sells videos of general distribution to all audiences and devotes about five percent of its square footage to adult material. About two percent of plaintiffs 30,000 videos are…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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