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VENUTI v. RIORDAN

Nos. 82-1614, 82-1626.

702 F.2d 6 (1983)

Anthony T. VENUTI, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Joseph W. RIORDAN, et al., Defendants, Appellants. Anthony T. VENUTI, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Joseph W. RIORDAN, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Scannell, Jr., Worcester, Mass., for Joseph W. Riordan, et al.

Kenneth H. Tatarian, Boston, Mass., for Anthony T. Venuti, Jr., et al.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, owners of the Blue Max Casino in Worcester, Massachusetts, sued the city's Licensing Commission and its police chief, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They challenged the constitutionality of Massachusetts statutes requiring bars and restaurants to obtain a license before presenting any form of "public show." Mass.Gen.Laws Ann. ch. 140, §§ 183A, 183C. The district court found for the...

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