Richland Bookmart, Inc., d/b/a Town and Country v. Randall E. Nichols |
In 1995, Richland Bookmart, Inc. (Bookmart), the operator of an adult-oriented video and book store, brought suit against Randall E. Nichols, the District Attorney for Knox County, Tennessee, challenging Tennessee's Adult-Oriented Establishments Act of 1995 (the Act) on the grounds that it violated both the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United S... More... $0 (01-23-2002 - TN) |
John Ways v. City of Lincoln |
John Ways brought this action to challenge the constitutionality of a now repealed Lincoln ordinance prohibiting sexual contact in entertainment businesses. The district court 1 enjoined enforcement of the ordinance after concluding that it was unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment. We affirm. The Lincoln City Council passed Ordinance No. 17613, codified as Lincol... More... $0 (12-14-2001 - NE) |
Courtney Farrer, et al. v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company |
Appellant, Courtney Farrer , appeals and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company (“USF&G”) cross-appeals from a final summary judgment order entered partly in favor of USF&G, and partly in favor of Farrer in this insurance dispute.1 The trial court found that USF&G had a duty to defend but not to indemnify as to two of Farrer’s counts. It also found no duty to either def... More... $0 (12-12-2001 - FL) |
Lucious and Henrietta Brown v. Miami-Dade County and Golden Glades Management |
Appellants, Lucious and Henrietta Brown, plaintiffs below, appeal the dismissal of their claims against Miami-Dade County (“the County” or “Miami-Dade”) for assault and negligence. They assert, and we agree, that their claims were not barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity as found by the trial court. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings. ... More... $0 (12-07-2001 - FL) |
Brent Howard Wooten and Daniel Robert Mendoza (defendants) stand charged with pimping and pandering. According to the evidence at their preliminary hearing, they worked as managers at the Flesh Club. The Flesh Club appears to have been mainly a standard “strip joint.” However, it also offered semi-private rooms in which, for $240, plus an optional gratuity, a customer could watch t... More... $0 (10-30-2001 - CA) |
Smith v. City of New Haven |
Plaintiff Kenneth Smith (“Plaintiff” or “Smith”) brings this four-count Complaint against the City of New Haven, Officer Andrea Papa (“Papa”), Officer Lisa Wexler (“Wexler”), Sergeant R. Miller (“Muller”)1 / and Officer Christopher Perrone (“Perrone”). The first count alleges various violations of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, ... More... $0 (08-20-2001 - CT) |
Victoria Schneider v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. |
Civil rights - 42 U.S.C. 1983 - Defendant ordered that plaintiff, a female transsexual, be strip-searched after she was arrested for prostitution and claimed she was female when she was about to be booked as a male. Schneider had been arrested and searched before with the result that it had previously been determined that she was a female and should be jailed in the women's section of the jail fa... More... $750000 (04-21-1999 - CA) |
State of Oklahoma v. William Todd Lewallen a/k/a Toddy Lewellan and Erin Elizabeth Lewallen a/k/a Erin Beames |
Tulsa County, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged
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