City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres
Decided Feb. 25, 1986, 475 U.S. 41
|I. ISSUES |
|A. Issues Discussed: |
|Free speech |
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|B. Legal Question Presented: |
|Does a city ordinance that prohibits adult motion picture theaters from locating within 1,000 feet of any residential zone, single- or |
|multiple-family dwelling, church, park, or school violate the First and/or Fourteenth Amendment? |
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|II. THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION: |
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|"In our view, the resolution of this case is largely dictated by our decision in Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc., supra. There, although |
|five Members of the Court did not agree on a single rationale for the decision, we held that the city of Detroit's zoning ordinance, which |
|prohibited locating an adult theater within 1,000 feet of any two other 'regulated uses' or within 500 feet of any residential zone, did not |
|violate...