United States Sixth Circuit

A statute imposing operating-hour restrictions on certain adult-oriented establishments does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment where there is no showing of invidious discrimination in exempting certain establishments from restrictions, and restrictions are rationally related to legitimate state interest.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/03/2001
• Decided 01/23/2002
• Published 01/23/2002

Judges

• Before CLAY and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  WISEMAN, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frierson M. Graves, Jr. (argued and briefed), Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Memphis, Tennessee, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven A. Hart (argued and briefed), Michael J. Fahey, II, Asst. Atty. Gen. (briefed), Nashville, TN, Mark C. Hartsoe, City of Knoxville Law Dept., Debra C. Poplin, Ritchie, Fels & Dillard, Knoxville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.