City of Minneapolis v. F AND R, INC.

KELLY, Justice.

In September 1977, plaintiff filed a complaint against defendants, alleging the defendants’ operation of an adults-only bookstore at 401 East Lake Street violated section 540.410 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances. The city sought a judgment enjoining defendants from operating the premises as an adults-only bookstore. After the district court, on plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment, ruled that the bookstore was in violation of the ordinance, the case went to trial on the issue of whether injunctive relief was an appropriate remedy for a continuing violation of a…