Legal Opinion
Commissioner of Department of Buildings v. Sidne Enterprises, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 19, 1977PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbraham J. Gellinoff, J.
This is an application by the City of New York for a preliminary injunction, primarily to restrain defendants "from continuing the public nuisance” of "establishing, continuing, using, maintaining, owning or leasing the subject premises for purposes of lewdness.” The city contends that the premises involved, operated as an establishment with "topless and bottomless” dancers, constitutes a "nuisance” under the State Public Health Law, and the Administrative Code of the City of New York, and that this court has the authority to order that it be closed.
The evidence as to the nature of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- California v. LaRueSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- People Ex Rel. Bennett v. LamanNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- People v. HellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- People v. VandewaterNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
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3Cited by9 opinions
- City of Chicago v. Festival Theatre Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1982
- State v. FrazierCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
- Commonwealth v. KocinskiMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- People v. VentriceCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1978
- People ex rel. Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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