Legal Opinion
City of Knoxville v. Entertainment Resources, LLC
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 2005No. E2002-01143-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 31 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · AndersonE. Riley Anderson, J.
ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined. FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C. J., filed a concurring opinion.
We granted this appeal to determine the constitutionality of a Knoxville city ordinance regulating the location of adult businesses. The chancery court upheld the ordinance and enjoined operation of the defendant’s video store after finding that it fit the definition of an adult bookstore and was located within 1,000 feet of prohibited areas and therefore was operating in violation of the ordinance. The Court of Appeals reversed on the grounds that the…
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