4447 CORP. v. GOLDSMITH

No. 4-1283A415. [No. 3-484A106 Before Consolidation].

479 N.E.2d 578 (1985)

4447 CORPORATION, World Video Systems, Issi Theatre Corporation, Plaza Entertainment Center and Burton Gorelick, Appellants-Defendants, v. Stephen GOLDSMITH, Prosecuting Attorney for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Appellee-Plaintiff. Fort Wayne Books, Inc., Cinema Blue of Fort Wayne, Inc., and Erotic House Bookstore, Inc., Appellants-Defendants, v. State of Indiana and Stephen M. Sims, Prosecuting Attorney for the Thirty-Eighth Judicial Circuit, Appellees-Plaintiffs.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Weston, David M. Brown, Brown, Weston & Sarno, Beverly Hills, Cal., Kenneth R. Scheibenberger, Lebamoff Law Offices, Fort Wayne, Stephen M. Taylor, Taylor & Rubin, P.C., South Field, Mich., for Ft. Wayne Books, Inc., et al.

Franklin I. Miroff, Ancel, Miroff & Frank, P.C., Indianapolis, for 4447 Corp., et al.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Hendrickson, Arthur Thaddeus Perry, Deputy Attys. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee-plaintiff.


YOUNG, Judge.

In each of these cases, the state has instituted proceedings against adult bookstores under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), IND. CODE 35-45-6-1 et seq., seeking remedies available under the Civil Remedies for Racketeering Activity (CRRA) statute, IND. CODE 34-4-30.5-1 et seq. The defendants bring interlocutory appeals from the trial courts' denials of their motions to vacate injunctive orders providing for...

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