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BAYOU LANDING, LTD. v. WATTS

Nos. 75-3632, 75-4436.

563 F.2d 1172 (1977)

BAYOU LANDING, LTD., d/b/a the Florida Book Mart, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edgar WATTS et al., Defendants-Appellees. OUZA, INC., d/b/a the Palace Book Mart, Excalibur Books, Inc., d/b/a the Palace Book Store, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edgar WATTS, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen Zell, Atlanta, Ga., for Bayou Landing Ltd.

Gilbert H. Deitch, Robt. E. Smith, Michael Clutter, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 75-4436.

Joseph F. Keogh, Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before MORGAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

In these § 19831 cases, the owners of so-called adult bookstores challenged on first amendment grounds certain actions of the city-parish council of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. In No. 75-4436 (hereinafter Ouza), the council, spurred by the arrest of two bookstore employees on obscenity charges, revoked the occupational licenses under...

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