RED BLUFF DRIVE-IN, INC., Etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Carol VANCE, Harris County District Attorney, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
CRYSTAL THEATER, INC., a Texas Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Henry WADE, District Attorney for Dallas County, Texas in representative capacity only, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 23, 1981.
June 23, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Marian S. Rosen, Houston, Tex., for Adonis Adult News, et al.
Clyde W. Woody, Houston, Tex., Beverly Hills, Cal., for Academy Theatres, et al.
John H. Weston, principle counsel, David M. Brown and Robert A. De Piano, on the brief, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Starbase Publishing Co.
Mike Aranson, Dallas, Tex., for appellants in 909 Congress Corp. Action.
Arthur M. Schwartz, Denver, Colo., JoAnn Doughtie, Terrence A. Gaiser, Houston, Tex., for 909 Congress Corp. et al.
Clyde F. DeWitt, III, Houston, Tex., for Carol Vance and John Holmes.
Wm. Torrance Fiddes, Jr., Houston, Tex., for H. D. Caldwell and City of Houston.
Joseph G. Werner, Asst. City Atty., Dallas, Tex., for Glen King.
James R. Ansell, Galveston, Tex., for James F. Hury, Jr.
Paul C. Isham, Fort Worth, Tex., for H. F. Hopkins.
Robert C. Story, Bill M. White, Jay R. Miller, San Antonio, Tex., for Bill M. White.
Edgar A. Pfeil, Steven W. Arronge, San Antonio, Tex., for Emil E. Peters.
Russell Bailey, James L. McMurtry, Austin, Tex., for Ronald Earle and Raymond Frank.
Frederick M. Schattman, Thomas E. Myers, Fort Worth, Tex., for Tim Curry and Lon Evans.
John W. Fainter, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Ted L. Hartley, W. Barton Boling, Gerald C. Carruth, Lonny F. Zwiener, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for Mark White.
Sue La Garde, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for Henry Wade.
Mark White, Atty. Gen., pro se.
Frederick M. Schattman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for defendant-appellees.
Before AINSWORTH, CHARLES CLARK and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In 1979 the Texas Legislature rewrote the state's penal code provisions defining and regulating obscene materials and performances.1 Shortly before the statute was due to go into effect, entrepreneurs in the "adult entertainment" business brought several separate suits against Texas law enforcement officials to enjoin prosecutions under the revised statute. The...
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