Legal Opinion
Garter Belt, Inc. v. Van Buren Township
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2003No. 01-2093PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Garter Belt, Inc. filed suit challenging the validity of ordinances enacted by defendant-appellee Van Burén Township regulating sexually-oriented businesses. Van Burén moved to dismiss, arguing that the district court should abstain from hearing this action in deference to a prior pending action brought by Van Burén against Garter Belt in Michigan state court, which seeks to require Garter Belt to comply with one of the ordinances regulating sexually oriented businesses at issue in the federal court case. The district court granted Van…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
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- SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Harman v. ForsseniusSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by3 opinions
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