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DUMAS v. CITY OF DALLAS

No. CA 3-86-1759-R.

648 F.Supp. 1061 (1986)

John Randall DUMAS, d/b/a Geno's; Calvin Berry, III; Saujay Patel; Rudolf Fernandez; Dallas Motel Assoc., An Unincorporated Assoc.; FW/PBS, Inc., d/b/a Paris Adult Bookstore II; FW/PBS, Inc., d/b/a Paris Adult Video Center; FW/PBS, Inc., d/b/a Film-world; DSB, Inc., d/b/a Denmark Bookstore; Charles E. Carlock, d/b/a Paris Adult Bookstore I; Lone Star Multi Theatres, Inc. d/b/a New Fine Arts Adult Theatre; Lone Star Multi Theatres, Inc. d/b/a La Cage; Beverly Van Dusen d/b/a Loan Star Bookstore; Beverly K. Van Dusen d/b/a Elite Bookstore; Bill Staten Jr. d/b/a Royal Land Bookstore; Bill Staten Jr. d/b/a New Venture Video; Bill Staten Jr. d/b/a Mockingbird Lane News; Bi-Ti Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Red Letter News; Ghetti Corporation d/b/a Fantasy Land; Ghetti Corporation d/b/a Video Land Arcade; Ghetti Corporation d/b/a Video Stop; J.R.E. Enterprises d/b/a Kazbah Bookstore; Entertainment Unlimited d/b/a Eros Dallas v. The CITY OF DALLAS, A Texas Incorporated Municipality; A. Starke Taylor, Mayor of the City of Dallas, In His Rep. Capacity; Billy Prince, Chief of Police of the City of Dallas, In His Rep. Capacity.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

September 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph C. Jones, Carter, Jones, Magee, Redberg & Mays, Dallas, Tex., for Dumas.

Frank P. Hernandez, Dallas, Tex., for Berry, Patel, Fernandez and Dallas Motel Ass'n.

Malcolm Dade, Dallas, Tex., Arthur M. Schwartz, Denver, Colo., for other plaintiffs.

David Labrec, Sol Villasana, Mark O'Briant, Office of City Atty., Dallas, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUCHMEYER, District Judge.

The law of zoning allows the will of a majority, expressed through a representative body, to control the evolution of a community and shape its character.1 The law of free speech, in contrast, prevents the majority will from suppressing minority expression that the majority finds intolerable.2 It is perhaps inevitable that the two values should clash,...

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