TOPANGA PRESS, INC. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. CV 88-7837 WMB, CV 89-2069-RG, CV 89-3791 RG, CV 91-0689-RG, CV 91-1035 RG, CV 91-1122 RG, CV 91-1653 RG.

409 F.Supp.2d 1188 (2005)

TOPANGA PRESS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a municipal corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

August 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Randall Garrou, John H. Weston, Weston Garrou & DeWitt, Los Angeles, CA, for Topanga Press Inc., Plaintiff.

L. Wayne Mooney, Michael L. Klekner, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, General Counsel Div., Los Angeles, CA, for City of Los Angeles, a municipal corporation, Defendant.

Michael L. Klekner, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for Los Angeles City of a municipal corporation, Franklin P. Eberhard in his personal capacity & his official capacity as Chief Zoning Administrator of the City of Los Angeles, John Mepham, in his personal capacity & his official capacity as an inspector of the Department of Building & Safety of the City of Los Angeles, Defendants.


ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO VACATE CONSENT DECREE

BYRNE, District Judge.

I. Facts

In 1989, Stuart D. Parr (Parr) and Brand X Video (Brand X) filed separate actions challenging the constitutionality of Los Angeles's adult arcade permitting process. Parr and Brand X argued that the permit process violated the First Amendment by creating the likelihood that the government would arbitrarily deny adult arcade permits, thereby suppressing...

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