BAY AREA NEWS, INC. v. POE

No. 78-206.

364 So.2d 830 (1978)

BAY AREA NEWS, INC., etc., et al., Appellants, v. William POE, Etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Richard Rather of Fox & Rahter, St. Petersburg, for appellants.

Thomas K. Morrison, Tampa, for appellees.


GRIMES, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of dismissal construing Tampa City Code § 20-65 as valid in the face of appellants' first amendment attack.

Appellants are owners and operators of several "adult" bookstores and live nude model photo studios in the City of Tampa. Each held a city occupational license as of the close of business October 26, 1977. By resolutions passed at a meeting on October 27, 1977, the Tampa City Council revoked appellants...

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