United States Sixth Circuit

In a suit challenging the constitutionality of a county's licensing ordinance that comprehensively regulates sexually oriented businesses within the county's jurisdiction, summary judgment for the county is affirmed for the most part, but vacated in part and remanded as to a claim that the ordinance's license fees are excessive, content-based taxes that violate the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/06/2008
• Published 02/06/2008

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS, Chief Judge;  and CLAY and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Jennifer M. Kinsley, Sirkin, Pinales & Schwartz, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants.  Christopher S. Nordloh, Nordloh Law Office, Covington, Kentucky, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Jennifer M. Kinsley, H. Louis Sirkin, Sirkin, Pinales & Schwartz, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants.  Christopher S. Nordloh, Nordloh Law Office, Covington, Kentucky, Garry L. Edmondson, Stacy M. Hege, Kenton County Attorney's Office, Covington, Kentucky, for Appellee.