United States Eleventh Circuit
FOR YOUR EYES ALONE, INC. v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, 01-13317
District court's decision, under the Younger doctrine, to abstain from considering federal and state constitutional challenges to the Adult Entertainment Code was improper because there was no pending state criminal action before proceedings of substance on the merits had taken place in federal court.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/06/2002
- Published 02/06/2002
Judges
- BIRCH, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Steven M. Youngelson, Cary S. Wiggins, Steven M. Youngelson, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- James C. Clark, Jr., Page & Scranton, P.C., Eugene Hardwick Polleys, Jr., City Atty., Columbus, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.