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HART BOOK STORES, INC. v. EDMISTEN

Nos. 77-387-Civ-5, 77-388-Civ-5, 77-76-Civ-3, 78-14-Civ-5, 77-397-Civ-5, and 78-01-Civ-5.

450 F.Supp. 904 (1978)

HART BOOK STORES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rufus EDMISTEN, etc., et al., Defendants. TRI-STATE NEWS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rufus EDMISTEN etc., et al., Defendants. Roger FEHLHABER, d/b/a Adult Book Store, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edward W. GRANNIS, Jr., et al., Defendants. Larry Gene MOORE, d/b/a E & M Enterprises, Plaintiffs, v. Rufus EDMISTEN et al., Defendants. Thomas PAGE d/b/a Players Book Store, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rufus EDMISTEN et al., Defendants. CAMERA'S EYE, INC., Plaintiff, v. Rufus EDMISTEN et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. North Carolina, Raleigh and Fayetteville Divisions.

April 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Seekford, Towson, Md., James C. MacRae, MacRae, MacRae & Perry, Fayetteville, N.C., for plaintiffs in No. 77-76-Civ-3, Fayetteville Division.

Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Robert P. Gruber, Special Deputy Attys. Gen., Marvin Schiller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., for defendants in No. 77-76-Civ-3, Fayetteville Division.

Michael K. Curtis, Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James & Harkavy, Greensboro, N.C., for plaintiffs in No. 77-387-Civ-5, Raleigh Division.

Charles A. Lloyd, Michael K. Curtis, Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James & Harkavy, Raleigh, N.C., for plaintiffs in No. 77-388-Civ-5, Raleigh Division.

Thomas F. Loflin, III, Loflin & Loflin, Durham, N.C., for plaintiffs in Nos. 77-397-Civ-5 and 78-14-Civ-5, Raleigh Division.

Everette L. Wooten, Jr., Jones & Wooten, Kinston, N.C., for plaintiffs in No. 78-01-Civ-5, Raleigh Division.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

DUPREE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this consolidated action challenge the constitutionality of 1977 House Bill 961, codified as N.C.G.S. §§ 14-202.10— 202.12, "An Act to Regulate the Number of Adult Establishments in Any One Building." A hearing was conducted in these cases on February 8, 1978. The parties have stipulated that the cases shall be decided on their merits based on this hearing; defendants conceded...

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