Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Eckstein v. Midwest Pride IV
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 1998No. CA97-03-007 and CA97-04-011PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Walsh, Judge.
Appellants, Geri Riley, as executor for the estate of Frank E. Findo, and Michele Moran (“owners”), are owners of real property in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio in which defendant-appellant, Midwest Pride IV, Inc. (“Midwest”), operates an adult video store called the Lion’s Den Adult Bookstore (“Lion’s Den”). In June 1994, the Fayette County Prosecutor, Steven H. Eckstein, allegedly sent Midwest a letter in which, according to Midwest, he “threatened to pursue criminal and/or civil proceedings against [Midwest] for pandering obscenity'if [Midwest] continued to rent…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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- Paris Adult Theatre I v. SlatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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