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COHEN v. CITY OF DALEVILLE, ALA.

Civ. A. No. 87-T-914-S.

695 F.Supp. 1168 (1988)

Jerome COHEN, etc., Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF DALEVILLE, ALABAMA, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, S.D.

August 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Shinbaum, McPhillips, DeBardelaben & Hawthorne, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff.

Henry B. Steagall, III, William Filmore, Steagall & Filmore, Ozark, Ala., and Joseph C. Espy, III, Michael Jackson, Melton & Espy, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Jerome Cohen, a public purveyor of sexually explicit videotapes in Daleville, Alabama, has brought this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, charging that the city's recent decision to revoke his business license constitutes a `prior restraint,' in violation of the first amendment to the United States Constitution. Cohen has sued the City of Daleville, its mayor, and the members of its city...

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