Legal Opinion
Broadway Books, Inc. v. Roberts
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided June 12, 1986No. CIV 1-86-194PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDGAR, District Judge.
This is an action brought by the owners of three adult bookstores in Chattanooga, Tennessee for a declaratory judgment that the recently enacted City of Chattanooga Ordinance 8601 is unconstitutional, in whole or in part, and for injunctive relief. This case has been fully heard on the merits and is now ready for disposition.
Ordinance 8601 establishes a licensing procedure for “adult-oriented establishments” which are defined to include “adult bookstores”, “adult motion picture theaters”, “adult mini-motion picture theaters” and “adult cabarets.”
The plaintiffs…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by42 opinions
- DLS, Inc. v. City of ChattanoogaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- Oriental Health Spa, Its Manager and Employees, and Martha Clampitt D/B/A Tender Touch v. City of Fort WayneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Mitchell v. Commission on Adult Entertainment EstablishmentsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Ellwest Stereo Theater, Inc. v. BonerDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1989
- Phil Matney and Satellite News and Video, Inc. v. County of KenoshaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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