IN RE G. & A. BOOKS, INC.

No. 1287, Docket 85-7190.

770 F.2d 288 (1985)

In re G. & A. BOOKS, INC., 250 Book Center, Inc., Courageous Books, Inc., and M.J.M. Exhibitors, Inc., Plaintiffs, M.J.M. EXHIBITORS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William J. STERN, individually and as Chairman of the New York State Urban Development Corporation, William H. Daly, individually and as Director of the Office of Midtown Enforcement of the City of New York, Steven Spinola, individually and as President of the Public Development Corporation of the City of New York, Herbert J. Sturz, individually and as Chairman of the City Planning Commission of the City of New York, Edward I. Koch, individually and as Mayor of the City of New York, the City of New York, Park Tower Realty Corp., Planning Innovations, Inc., Tishman Speyer Properties and Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Schwarz, Jr., New York City (Keith N. Costa, New York City, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Martin Flumenbaum, New York City (Jay Cohen, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Tishman Speyer Properties and Equitable Life Assur. Society of U.S.

June A. Witterschein, New York City (Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel of City of New York, Jeffrey E. Glen, Leonard Koerner, Robert J. Pfeffer, Gary Schuller, New York City, of counsel), for Municipal defendants-appellees.

Shea & Gould, New York City (Bernard D. Fischman, Dean G. Yuzek, Judith L. Spanier, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Park Tower Realty Corp.

Leahey & Johnson, P.C., New York City (Peter James Johnson, Asher Marcus, Kevin B. Lynch, Michael Conforti, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee William J. Stern.

Devov Morris & Hammerling, New York City (Robert C. Hammerling, Marshall H. Fishman, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Planning Innovations, Inc.

Before MANSFIELD, VAN GRAAFEILAND and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.


MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

M.J.M. Exhibitors, Inc. ("MJM"), which operates an adult retail store on 42nd Street, using peep machines for the exhibition of sexually-oriented films, selling tapes, and furnishing live performances, appeals from an order and judgment of the Southern District of New York, Constance Baker Motley, Chief Judge. The order denied appellant's motion for a preliminary injunction against various municipal, state, and corporate defendants...

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