TOKYO GWINNETT, LLC v. GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA

No. 17-11871.

940 F.3d 1254 (2019)

TOKYO GWINNETT, LLC, d.b.a. Tokyo Valentino, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cary Stephen Wiggins , Wiggins Law Group, ATLANTA, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Scott D. Bergthold , Bryan Dykes , Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold, PLLC, CHATTANOOGA, TN, Richard A. Carothers , Amy Bryant Cowan , Michael E. Hobbs , Carothers & Mitchell, LLC, BUFORD, GA, Duane Dennis Pritchett , City of Atlanta Law Department, ATLANTA, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MARTIN, JILL PRYOR and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.


In 2015, Tokyo Gwinnett, LLC (doing business as "Tokyo Valentino") sued Gwinnett County, Georgia ("the County"), challenging certain business licensing and adult entertainment ordinances. Tokyo Valentino sought damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and declaratory and injunctive relief. Unfortunately for these parties, they...

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