State ex rel. Jones v. Charboneau's
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
Defendants appeal from a decree enjoining them from maintaining and continuing a business, under the assumed business name of Charboneau's, after finding the business was a moral nuisance pursuant to and defined in RCW 7.48.052(6) as a "place which, as a regular course of business, is used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, . . ."1 We reverse and dismiss.
Three undercover officers testified they went to Charboneau's establishment, located in Clarkston, and paid a "standard" fee of $45 for a shower, sauna and "sexual technique analysis." The court found the proof of…
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