CASBAH, INC. v. THONE

Nos. 80-1925, 80-2033.

651 F.2d 551 (1981)

The CASBAH, INC.; The Disc Counter, Inc.; and Jeff Ferber, d/b/a H & D Sales; Greg Hasselhorst, d/b/a Euphoria; Eric Listou, d/b/a Joint Venture Novelty Shop, Pipe Dream, Inc.; Dennis Robinson, d/b/a The Joynt, Appellants, v. Charles THONE, Governor for the State of Nebraska; Paul Douglas, Attorney General for the State of Nebraska; Elmer Kohmepsher, Colonel in Charge of the Nebraska State Patrol; Donald L. Knowles, County Attorney for Douglas County, Nebraska, Appellees. The CASBAH, INC.; The Disc Counter, Inc.; and Jeff Ferber, d/b/a H & D Sales; Greg Hasselhorst, d/b/a Euphoria; Eric Listou, d/b/a Joint Venture Novelty Shop, Pipe Dream, Inc.; Dennis Robinson, d/b/a The Joynt, Appellees, v. Charles THONE, Governor for the State of Nebraska; Paul Douglas, Attorney General for the State of Nebraska; Elmer Kohmepsher, Colonel in Charge of the Nebraska State Patrol; Donald L. Knowles, County Attorney for Douglas County, Nebraska, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Fiedler, Omaha, Neb., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Marion Yoder, Nebraska Civil Liberties Union, Lincoln, Neb., for amicus curiae.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Patrick T. O'Brien, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Lincoln, Neb., Henry L. Wendt, Deputy Douglas County Atty., Arthur D. O'Leary, Steven E. Achelpohl, of Dwyer, O'Leary & Martin, P. C., Omaha, Neb., for appellees and cross-appellants.

Before HENLEY, Circuit Judge, BENNETT, Court of Claims Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 9, 1981.

HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

This action is before the court on an appeal and cross-appeal involving the constitutionality of a recently enacted Nebraska statute, Legislative Bill 991, 1980 Neb.Laws ("LB 991"),1 which prohibits the use, sale and manufacture of "drug paraphernalia." Plaintiffs, appellants here, are wholesale distributors and...

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