Legal Opinion
Avalon Cinema Corp. v. Thompson
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided January 22, 1981No. LR-C-80-586PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROY, District Judge.
Plaintiff filed this action requesting the Court to declare unconstitutional and to enjoin enforcement of North Little Rock Ordinance No. 5169.
Section 1 of the ordinance proscribes “within one hundred yards of a church, public or private elementary or secondary school, or an area restricted to residential use by the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, or a public park adjacent to residential areas, a moving picture show or moving picture theater which exhibits, or any shop which offers for sale, a film that explicitly depicts:(1) Contact between…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Schenck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Village of Belle Terre v. BoraasSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
3Cited by5 opinions
- Avalon Cinema Corp. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Southall v. Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
- 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
- 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