Legal Opinion
Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Fred Hofheinz
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1980No. 78-3755PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
This case began as an action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 for injunctive and declaratory relief. The Plaintiff-Appellants were Universal Amusement Co., Inc. and eighteen other companies (hereinafter collectively referred to as Universal) engaged in the business of either exhibiting, selling, distributing or leasing adult commercial films, books, magazines, newspapers or nov elty items. They attacked the constitutionality of City of Houston Ordinances Nos. 77-1259 and 77-1260 which prohibited the operation of adult commercial establishments within two thousand…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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