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NEWS MART, INC. v. STATE EX REL. WEBSTER

561 S.W.2d 752 (1978)

NEWS MART, INC., d/b/a Kingston Pike News, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Ronald A. WEBSTER, District Attorney General for the Third Judicial Circuit of Tennessee, Appellee. V.S.D., INC., d/b/a Adult Boutique, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Ronald A. WEBSTER, District Attorney General for the Third Judicial Circuit of Tennessee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Levitt, Jr., Knoxville, Frierson M. Graves, Jr., Memphis, for appellants.

Robert L. Jolley, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

News Mart, Inc., d/b/a Kingston Pike News, is the operator of a bookstore and motion picture establishment where motion pictures, commonly described as "peep shows," are shown. Appellant, V.S.D., Inc., d/b/a Adult Boutique, operates a similar establishment. The District Attorney General of Knox County brought separate actions against the appellants under the 1974 Obscenity Statute, codified as T.C.A. §§ 39-3010 —...

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