Legal Opinion
Hart Book Stores, Inc. v. Edmisten
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1979No. Nos. 78-1461, 78-1706PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
The issue on these consolidated appeals is the constitutionality of a North Carolina statute providing that a single building that contains an adult bookstore, adult theater, adult mini-theater, massage parlor, or sexual device wares cannot contain a second such “adult establishment.” 1 Two federal *823district courts determined, in separate suits brought by the proprietors of affected establishments, that the statute abridged freedoms of speech and press protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, the requirement of equal protection imposed by the…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by58 opinions
- In Re Books, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Grand Faloon Tavern, Inc. v. Robert Wicker, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. WhorleyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2008
- Doctor John's, Inc. v. City of RoyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- Carolina Youth Action Project v. Alan WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2023
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