CINEMA I VIDEO, INC. v. THORNBURG

No. 8610SC269.

351 S.E.2d 305 (1986)

83 N.C. App. 544

CINEMA I VIDEO, INC. d/b/a Cinema I Video, Sunshine Video, Inc. d/b/a Sunshine Video, Home Video, Inc. d/b/a Home Video, Phillip J. Rink and Douglas Honeycutt d/b/a Home Video, the Video Galleries, Inc. d/b/a the Video Gallery, L & J Electronic, Inc., d/b/a L & J Electronics, Pizza Keg, Inc. d/b/a Showbiz, Video Time, Inc. d/b/a Video Time, Andre, Inc. d/b/a Audio Video Mart, the Video Bar, Inc. d/b/a the Video Bar, the Video Bar, Inc. and A & N, Inc. d/b/a the Video Bar, the Video Bar, Inc. and Video Bar East d/b/a the Video Bar, Jim Allen, Inc., North Carolina Video, Inc. d/b/a North Carolina Video, Multi-Video, Inc. d/b/a Multi-Video, Video Country Corp. d/b/a Video Country, Ronald Cramer d/b/a Video 99 and Video Search, Pic-A-Flick of Shelby, Inc. d/b/a Pic-A-Flick, Pic-A-Flick of Gastonia Inc. d/b/a Pic-A-Flick, Joy Gallyon, Ronnie McLelland and Paul McLelland d/b/a East Side Movies, Joy Gallyon and Tom Fox d/b/a Broadway Movies, John D. McLauchlin and Butch Lucas d/b/a Video Station of Fayetteville, N.C., John D. McLaughlin, Thurman Lucas, E. Scott McLauchlin and John D. McLauchlin, III d/b/a Video Station of Clinton, N.C., C.H. McCubbin, J.A. McCubbin and Phyllis Smith d/b/a Video Showcase, Les Caillouet d/b/a Video World of Greensboro, Christine T. Brewer d/b/a Brewer's Movie Club, Tony G. McDowell d/b/a Great Escapes Video Tape Club, Lee Roy Johnson d/b/a Troutman Video, Jimmy E. Huff d/b/a Star Video, John Allen d/b/a Prime Time Video, Billy E. Overman d/b/a All Star Home Video, Jimmy Dean Wright d/b/a Showcase Video Club, Clenton J. Smith d/b/a Video Way, David M. Magill d/b/a Silver Screen Video, Video City of Raleigh, Inc. d/b/a Video City v. Lacy H. THORNBURG, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, Robert E. Thomas, District Attorney for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District of North Carolina, George E. Hunt, District Attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District of North Carolina, John W. Twisdale, District Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial District of North Carolina, D. Lamar Dowda, District Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District of North Carolina, David McFayden, Jr., District Attorney for the Third Judicial District of North Carolina, Edward W. Grannis, Jr., District Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial District of North Carolina, Peter S. Gilchrist, III, District Attorney for the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District of North Carolina, Phillip Walters Allen, District Attorney for the Seventeenth (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, H.W. Zimmerman, Jr., District Attorney for the Twenty-Second Judicial District of North Carolina, Ronald C. Brown, District Attorney for the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District of North Carolina, W. Hampton Childs, Jr., District Attorney for the Twenty-Seventh (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, Thomas D. Haigwood, District Attorney for the Third Judicial District of North Carolina, Carl Fox, District Attorney for the Fifteenth (B) Judicial District of North Carolina, Donald Jacobs, District Attorney for the Eighth Judicial District of North Carolina, Joe Freeman Britt, District Attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District of North Carolina, William H. Andrews, District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District of North Carolina, Joseph G. Brown, District Attorney for the Twenty-Seventh (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, James E. Roberts, District Attorney for the Nineteenth (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, Ronald L. Stephens, District Attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial District of North Carolina, Howard S. Boney, Jr., District Attorney for the Seventh Judicial District of North Carolina, J. Randolph Riley, District Attorney for the Tenth Judicial District of North Carolina. NORTH AMERICAN VIDEO, LTD. OF DURHAM, d/b/a North American Video, North American Video, Ltd. of Raleigh d/b/a North American Video, Charles H. Crow & Associates, Inc. d/b/a Crow's Video Center and Computer & Video Center, Vernon S. Church, Jr. d/b/a Home Video of Wilkes, Abelian Enterprises, Inc., Video World, Inc., Melvin Wayne Caldwell d/b/a Video Shoppe, Michael Myers d/b/a U.S.A. Video, Byron E. Triplett d/b/a Video One, Ferrell Dennis Witte d/b/a Video Showplace, Pic-A-Flick of Asheville, Inc. d/b/a Pic-A-Flick, W.S.J., Inc. d/b/a Video World, Jack E. Elliott d/b/a City News Video and City Video, Jack E. Elliott, Jane Straus, Rachel Guinn and Gloria Guinn d/b/a Jackie's Video, Video World of Shelby, Inc. d/b/a Video World, Video World of Cherryville, Inc. d/b/a Video World, Ralph D. Cunningham d/b/a Home Movie Rental, American Video, Inc. d/b/a All American Video, d/b/a All American Video, J.J.L. Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Video Connection, Thomas C. Dunlap, Sr. and Tracy C. Dunlap, Sr. d/b/a the Video Station, Bobby Joe Bradley d/b/a Home Video Center, Duncourt, Inc. d/b/a the Video Center, Von Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Von's Home Video Movies, Video World of Gastonia, Inc. d/b/a Video World v. Lacy H. THORNBURG, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, Robert E. Thomas, District Attorney for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District of North Carolina, John W. Twisdale, District Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial District of North Carolina, D. Lamar Dowda, District Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District of North Carolina, David McFayden, Jr., District Attorney for the Third Judicial District of North Carolina, Edward W. Grannis, Jr., District Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial District of North Carolina, Peter S. Gilchrist, III, District Attorney for the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District of North Carolina, Phillip Walters Allen, District Attorney for the Seventeenth (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, H.W. Zimmerman, Jr., District Attorney for the Twenty-Second Judicial District of North Carolina, Ronald C. Brown, District Attorney for the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District of North Carolina, W. Hampton Childs, Jr., District Attorney for the Twenty-Seventh (B) Judicial District of North Carolina, Carl Fox, District Attorney for the Fifteenth (B) Judicial District of North Carolina, Joe Freeman Britt, District Attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District of North Carolina, William H. Andrews, District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District of North Carolina, Joseph G. Brown, District Attorney for the Twenty-Seventh (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, James E. Roberts, District Attorney for the Nineteenth (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, Ronald L. Stephens, District Attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial District of North Carolina, Michael A. Ashburn, District Attorney for the Twenty-Third Judicial District of North Carolina, William C. Griffin, Jr., District Attorney for the Second Judicial District of North Carolina, George E. Hunt, District Attorney for the Fifteenth (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, Alan Leonard, District Attorney for the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District of North Carolina, J. Randolph Riley, District Attorney for the Tenth Judicial District of North Carolina. NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, INC. v. Lacy H. THORNBURG. PARKER NEWS, INC., a North Carolina Corporation; Jesse F. Frye, Jr., d/b/a L & J Newstand; Briar Patch Mountain Investments, Inc., a Corporation; Sugar & Spice, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; J & J Video Tape Exchange, a Partnership; Salisbury Video, a Partnership; Salisbury News, a Partnership, Etta Mae Mothershead, d/b/a R & R Entertainment Center; Danan Enterprises, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; Adult Trading Post, a Partnership; W & S Enterprises, Ltd., a North Carolina Corporation; Show Biz, a Partnership; Sharon S. Bundy, d/b/a Video Tracs; Robert T. Cadieu, Sr., d/b/a Cathy's Video, Too; Cathy's Book Swap/Video, a Partnership; Jack Elliott d/b/a City News Video; J, J & B Enterprises, a North Carolina Corporation; Johnny T. Allen, Jr., d/b/a Prime Time Video; Evelyn L. Hatcher, d/b/a L.A. Video Rentals; Empire Video, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; W.S.J., Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; Pierres of Wilmington, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; H & H Enterprises of Wilmington, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; Mind's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; Crown Video Unlimited, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; Camera's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; and Bill Wilkerson d/b/a XXX, Inn v. Lacy H. THORNBURG, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, James E. Roberts, District Attorney for the Nineteenth (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, H.W. Zimmerman, Jr., District Attorney for the Twenty-Second Judicial District of North Carolina, George E. Hunt, District Attorney for the Fifteenth (A) Judicial District of North Carolina, Lamar Dowda, District Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District of North Carolina, Peter S. Gilchrist, III, District Attorney for the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District of North Carolina, W. Hampton Childs, Jr., District Attorney for the Twenty-Seventh (B) Judicial District of North Carolina, Edward W. Grannis, Jr., District Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial District of North Carolina, Jerry L. Spivey, District Attorney for the Fifth Judicial District of North Carolina, William H. Andrews, District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District of North Carolina, Joe Freeman Britt, District Attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District of North Carolina, Howard S. Boney, Jr., District Attorney for the Seventh Judicial District of North Carolina, Donald M. Jacobs, District Attorney for the Eighth Judicial District of North Carolina, J. Randolph Riley, District Attorney for the Tenth Judicial District of North Carolina, W. David McFayden, Jr., District Attorney for the Third Judicial District of North Carolina, John W. Twisdale, District Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial District of North Carolina.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirby, Wallace, Creech, Sarda & Zaytoun by David F. Kirby and Robert E. Zaytoun, Raleigh and Whitley, Coley & Wooten by Everette L. Wooten, Jr., Kinston, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Edwin M. Speas, Jr. and Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Ziko, Dept. of Justice, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.


JOHNSON, Judge.

The North Carolina General Assembly recently legislated extensive amendments to the North Carolina General Statutes pertaining to obscenity and child pornography. Many of plaintiffs' questions presented for our review pertain to those amendments aimed at preventing child pornography and are typical of what was once described as "a new phase of the intractable obscenity problem." Interstate Circuit, Inc...

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