Legal Opinion
For Your Eyes Alone, Inc. v. City of Columbus, Ga.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 6, 2002No. 01-13317PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
For Your Eyes Alone, Inc. (“FYEA”), Wendy Baskin, Diane Sherman, and Robert Pennza appeal the district court’s decision to abstain from considering their federal and state constitutional challenges to § 14-228 of the Adult Entertainment Code enacted by the City of Columbus, Georgia (the “City”). The district court based its ruling on the Younger 1 abstention doctrine, which precludes federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over suits aimed at restraining pending state criminal actions. Because we conclude that there was no pending state criminal action before…
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