· 11/25/2003
N W Enterprises Inc v. The City of Houston
Citations
- 352 F.3d 162
- 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 24021
- 2003 WL 22792244
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- emphasizing that, under Renton and Alameda Books, courts must “respect[] local legislators’ superior understanding of local problems”
- noting that a \failure to provide legal or factual analysis results in waiver\
- noting that a “failure to provide legal or factual analysis results in waiver”
- rejecting strict scrutiny and upholding a requirement that strip club staff wear visible identification badges
- interpreting Justice Kennedy’s concurrence to mean that “the City may not use its regulation to eliminate businesses as a means to reduce their secondary effects” (emphasis added)
- lighting requirements for sexually oriented businesses were “narrowly tailored to serve the City’s substantial government interest in decreasing the commission of such crimes as public lewdness and prostitution”
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Judges: Garwood, Jones, Stewart
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