COLLEGE ART THEATRES, INC. v. STATE EX REL. DeCARLO

83-401, 83-402.

476 So.2d 40 (1985)

COLLEGE ART THEATRES, INC., a Corporation v. STATE of Alabama, ex rel. John Paul DeCARLO, District Attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. ANWAR ENTERPRISES, INC., a Corporation, d/b/a Birmingham Adult Books v. STATE of Alabama, ex rel. John Paul DeCARLO, District Attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferris S. Ritchey, Jr., of Ritchey & Ritchey, Birmingham, for appellants.

John Paul DeCarlo, Dist. Atty., pro se.


PER CURIAM.

These two cases arise under the Alabama Red Light Abatement Act, Code 1975, § 6-5-140, et seq. After finding that defendants permitted and effectively encouraged their patrons' lewd conduct in their adult motion picture theaters, the trial court granted permanent injunctions prohibiting defendants from operating their premises as motion picture theaters or exhibiting motion pictures, but permitting them to operate any other lawful business. The defendants...

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