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FORT EUSTIS BOOKS, INC. v. BEALE

Civ. A. No. 79-84-NN.

478 F.Supp. 1170 (1979)

FORT EUSTIS BOOKS, INC., a Virginia Corporation, Shipyard Books, Inc., a Virginia Corporation, Warwick Theatres, Ltd., a Virginia Corporation, Rose Nickerson, Walter Nickerson, William Eugene Greene, Daniel Dale Zerbe, Mark Warren, Plaintiffs, v. Robert V. BEALE, and all employees and assigns, City Attorney, City of Newport News, and George J. Mercer, and all employees and assigns, Assistant City Attorney, City of Newport News, and Chief George C. Austin, and all employees and assigns, Chief of Police, City of Newport News, and Lt. J. T. Parker, and all employees and assigns, Lieutenant on the Newport News Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

October 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory B. Blanchard, Kevin P. Shea, McNamara & Shea, Hampton, Va., for plaintiffs.

Robert V. Beale, City Atty., City of Newport News, George J. Mercer, Newport News, Va., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

CLARKE, District Judge.

The corporate plaintiffs in this case are Virginia corporations engaged in the sale and distribution of "adult" books and films in Newport News, Virginia. The individual plaintiffs are or were officers or employees of these corporations. In this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiffs seek declaratory, injunctive, and mandatory relief against the defendants, who include City Attorneys for the City of Newport...

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