TALK OF THE TOWN BOOKSTORE v. CITY OF LAS VEGAS

Nos. 7728, 7774.

553 P.2d 959 (1976)

TALK OF THE TOWN BOOKSTORE et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF LAS VEGAS, a Municipal Corporation, Respondents. TALK OF THE TOWN BOOKSTORE, INC., doing business as the Talk of the Town Bookstore, and the Pearl, Appellants, v. CITY OF LAS VEGAS, a Municipal Corporation, and J.E. Dutton, Director of Licensing, City of Las Vegas, Nevada, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 31, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Andrews, Las Vegas, for appellants.

Carl E. Lovell, Jr., City Atty., and Daniel E. Ahlstrom, Deputy City Atty., Las Vegas, for respondents.


OPINION

GUNDERSON, Chief Justice.

On application of the City of Las Vegas, the district court enjoined operation of appellants' established bookstore businesses until such time as the City Commission saw fit to issue "privileged" business licenses pursuant to Las Vegas Ordinance 1627. The court also denied appellants' petition for a writ of mandamus to compel immediate issuance of such licenses. We reverse the injunction, since Ordinance 1627 is manifestly...

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