NORTOWN THEATRE INCORPORATED v. GRIBBS

Civ. A. Nos. 39796, 40168 and 40198.

373 F.Supp. 363 (1974)

NORTOWN THEATRE INCORPORATED, a body corporate of the State of Michigan, Petitioner, v. Roman GRIBBS, Mayor of the City of Detroit, et al., Defendants. VARIETY BOOKS, INCORPORATED, a Michigan corporation, Petitioner, v. Roman GRIBBS, Mayor of the City of Detroit, et al., Defendants. AMERICAN MINI THEATRES, INC., a Michigan corporation, and Pussy Cat Theatres of Michigan, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Roman GRIBBS, Mayor of the City of Detroit, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

March 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Goodman, Neal Bush, Detroit, Mich., for American Mini Theatres, Inc. and Pussy Cat Theatres of Mich.

Stephen M. Taylor, Detroit, Mich., for Nortown Theatre, Inc.

Bruce L. Randall, Southfield, Mich., for Variety Books, Inc.

Maureen P. Reilly, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Detroit, Mich., for Roman Gribbs et al.

Before KENNEDY and GUBOW, District Judges.


OPINION

The three above-captioned civil actions present substantially identical challenges to the constitutionality of certain ordinances of the City of Detroit. For purposes of the motions for summary judgment filed in each case by the Defendants, the cases shall be treated together in this opinion.

American Mini Theaters, Inc., and Pussy Cat Theatres of Michigan, Plaintiffs in Civil Action No. 40198, are owners and lessees of a motion picture theatre in...

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