TOMLINSON v. MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, ETC.

No. 75-2691.

543 F.2d 570 (1976)

S. H. TOMLINSON and Duane L. Green, d/b/a Sultan's Harem Massage Salon, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF the CITY OF SAVANNAH, etc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Falligant, Jr., Richard C. Metz, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James B. Blackburn, William W. Shearouse, Jr., Savannah, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Massage parlors have provoked attacks by public prosecutors for many years. As early as Dunlop v. United States, 165 U.S. 486, 17 S.Ct. 375, 41 L.Ed. 799 (1897), the Supreme Court reviewed a prosecution for illegal use of the mails by a newspaper containing "advertisements by women, soliciting or offering inducements for the visits of men, usually `refined gentlemen,' to their rooms, sometimes under the...

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