Legal Opinion
Avalon Cinema Corporation v. Reed Thompson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Mayor of North Little Rock, Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1981No. 81-1162PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMANUS, Chief District Judge.
Avalon Cinema Corporation (Avalon) appeals from a judgment, 506 F.Supp. 526,1 in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case upholding the constitutionality of a zoning ordinance enacted in November, 1980, by the City of North Little Rock, Arkansas (City) and denying its application for preliminary injunction. For reversal Avalon contends first that the zoning ordinance on its face violates the first and fourteenth amendments by restricting public access to a form of protected speech and second, that regardless of the facial constitutionality of the zoning ordinance, it violates…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Schad v. Borough of Mount EphraimSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Avalon Cinema Corp. v. ThompsonDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1981
3Cited by6 opinions
- Avalon Cinema Corp. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Glen Theatre, Inc., an Indiana Corp. Gayle Ann Marie Sutro and Carla Johnson v. Linley E. Pearson, Attorney General of Indiana, and Michael P. BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Miller v. Civil City of South BendCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Avalon Cinema Corporation v. Reed W. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Avalon Cinema Corporation v. Reed Thompson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Mayor of North Little Rock, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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