STATE EX REL. CLEMENS v. TONECA, INC.

No. 59825.

265 N.W.2d 909 (1978)

STATE of Iowa ex rel. Dick CLEMENS, Polk County Sheriff, Ray A. Fenton, Polk County Attorney, City of Des Moines, an Iowa Municipal Corporation, and Richard C. Turner, Attorney General of Iowa, Appellee, v. TONECA, INC., an Iowa Corporation, Tony G. Nelson and Caroline Nelson, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Rosenberg of Rosenberg & Margulies, Des Moines, for appellants.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., and Douglas R. Carlson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Considered by MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, REES, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether the trial court erred in permanently enjoining defendants from operating massage parlors in Iowa. The trial court relied on five separate grounds in entering its decree. We find these grounds do not support the injunction and therefore reverse.

Defendants Tony Nelson and Caroline Nelson operated two massage parlors in Polk County in leased premises through their corporation, defendant ToNeCa, Inc. One of the...

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