Pringle v. City of Covina

Opinion

POTTER, Acting P. J.

Plaintiffs Robert Pringle, operator of the Covina Cinema (hereafter Cinema), and Darlene Pritchard, a patron of the Cinema, appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction enjoining defendant City of Covina from “arresting or prosecuting or instituting civil actions” against the Cinema under its adult entertainment zoning ordinance.

The Cinema is a motion picture theatre in Covina. In 1977, the Cinema offered a repertory theatre program consisting of a variety of films, including an occasional showing of films containing sexually explicit matter which consequently…