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| | | Issue | Whether a zoning ordinance prohibiting the operation of more than one adult entertainment business at a single location, including an adult bookstore and adult arcade, is constitutionally suspect because the city did not study the negative effects of such combinations of adult businesses but rather relied on judicially approved statutory precedent from other jurisdictions. Relevant Supreme Court case, Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. (1986) | |
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Majority Opinion
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O’Connor, J., (for plurality joined by Rehnquist, C.J., Scalia, J. & Thomas, J.) |
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Concurring Opinion
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Scalia, J., & Kennedy, J. (concurring in judgment) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Souter, J. (joined by Stevens, J., Ginsberg, J. & Breyer, J., joining in part) |
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Certiorari Granted
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03/05/2001 |
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Lower Court
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9th Circuit |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied, Dist. Ct. order reversed. |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments - Transcript
Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
City of L.A. / Michael L. Klekner
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Alameda Books / John W. Weston
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| News Stories & Commentary |
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| Panel - Lower Court |
Circuit Judge Michael Daly Hawkins
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Circuit Judges Robert Boochever
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| Tony Mauro Analysis |
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
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| Other |
Hudson, David L., Jr., "Adult Entertainment & The Secondary Effects Doctrine: How a Zoning Regulation May Effect First Amendment Freedoms" (First Amendment Center, First Report, vol. 2, #1, May 2002)
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Hudson, David L., Jr., "The Secondary Effects Doctrine: The Evisceration of First Amendment Freedoms," 37 Washburn Law Journal 55 (1997)
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