RANCH HOUSE v. AMERSON

No. 98-6857

238 F.3d 1273 (2001)

Ranch House, Inc., etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry Amerson, Sheriff of Calhoun County, and the Calhoun County Commission, etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Monk, Dillon, Field, Monk & Stedham, P.A., Anniston, AL, Steven H. Swander, Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas M. Sowa, Anniston, AL, George D. Robinson, Rogers, Young, Wollstein, Jackson & Whittington, Anniston, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and MARCUS and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Ranch House, Inc. ("Ranch House") appeals the district court's order dismissing its complaint and finding after a bench trial that two recent Alabama statutes regulating nude entertainment pass First Amendment muster. One statute, Alabama Code § 13A-12-200.11, broadly prohibits any business from allowing nudity to be shown for entertainment purposes; the other statute, Alabama Code § 13A-12-200.5(4), prohibits operation of...

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