Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/Hart Book Stores, Inc. Raleigh Books, Inc. Tri-State News, Inc. Ronald Mothershead, D/B/A R. And M. Adult Book Store Jesse F. Frye, Jr., D/B/A L. & J. News Stand Larry Gene Moore, D/B/A E. & M. Enterprises Thomas Page, D/B/A Player's Book Store Joseph Raymond Mc Broom, D/B/A M Distributors Camera's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation v. Rufus Edmisten, Attorney General of North Carolina Randolph Riley, Districtattorney for 10th Judicial District E. Raymond Alexander, District Attorneyfor 18th Judicial District Donald K. Tisdale, District Attorney for 21stjudicial Districtdonald Jacobs, District Attorney for 8th Judicial District Dan K. Edwards,district Attorney for 14th Judicial District H. W. Zimmerman, Districtattorney for 22nd Judicial District Donald Greene, District Attorney for 25thjudicial Districtjames C. Roberts, District Attorney for 19th Judicial District, W. A. Allen,sheriff, Durham County, North Carolina T. B. Seagroves, Chief of Police, Cityof Durham, North Carolina the State of North Carolina William H. Andrews,district Attorneyfor 4th Judicial District William Allen Cobb, District Attorney for 5thjudicial District Edward W. Grannis, Jr., District Attorney for 12th Judicialdistrict Wade Barber, Jr., District Attorney for 15(b) Judicial District C.D. Knight, Sheriff,orange County, North Carolina Herman Stone, Chief of Police, City of Chapelhill, North Carolina, U. T. Incorporated, a Georgia Corporation, D/B/A Camera's Eye Bookstore Andmind's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation, D/B/A as Mind's Eye Andimperial Book Store v. Rufus Edmisten, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina Joseph Brown, District Attorney of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District and Individually C.C. Elmore, Chief of Police of City of Gastonia and Individually Petergilchrist,district Attorney for the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District and Individuallydonald Greene, District Attorney for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Andindividually
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No. 373429
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Hart Book Stores, Inc. Raleigh Books, Inc. Tri-State News, Inc. Ronald Mothershead, D/B/A R. And M. Adult Book Store Jesse F. Frye, Jr., D/B/A L. & J. News Stand Larry Gene Moore, D/B/A E. & M. Enterprises Thomas Page, D/B/A Player's Book Store Joseph Raymond Mc Broom, D/B/A M Distributors Camera's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation v. Rufus Edmisten, Attorney General of North Carolina Randolph Riley, Districtattorney for 10th Judicial District E. Raymond Alexander, District Attorneyfor 18th Judicial District Donald K. Tisdale, District Attorney for 21stjudicial Districtdonald Jacobs, District Attorney for 8th Judicial District Dan K. Edwards,district Attorney for 14th Judicial District H. W. Zimmerman, Districtattorney for 22nd Judicial District Donald Greene, District Attorney for 25thjudicial Districtjames C. Roberts, District Attorney for 19th Judicial District, W. A. Allen,sheriff, Durham County, North Carolina T. B. Seagroves, Chief of Police, Cityof Durham, North Carolina the State of North Carolina William H. Andrews,district Attorneyfor 4th Judicial District William Allen Cobb, District Attorney for 5thjudicial District Edward W. Grannis, Jr., District Attorney for 12th Judicialdistrict Wade Barber, Jr., District Attorney for 15(b) Judicial District C.D. Knight, Sheriff,orange County, North Carolina Herman Stone, Chief of Police, City of Chapelhill, North Carolina, U. T. Incorporated, a Georgia Corporation, D/B/A Camera's Eye Bookstore Andmind's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation, D/B/A as Mind's Eye Andimperial Book Store v. Rufus Edmisten, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina Joseph Brown, District Attorney of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District and Individually C.C. Elmore, Chief of Police of City of Gastonia and Individually Petergilchrist,district Attorney for the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District and Individuallydonald Greene, District Attorney for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Andindividually
No. 373429 · Decided December 4, 1979
No. 373429·Fourth Circuit · 1979·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
December 4, 1979
Citation
No. 373429
Disposition
See opinion text.
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Hart Book Stores, Inc. Raleigh Books, Inc. Tri-State News, Inc. Ronald Mothershead, D/B/A R. And M. Adult Book Store Jesse F. Frye, Jr., D/B/A L. & J. News Stand Larry Gene Moore, D/B/A E. & M. Enterprises Thomas Page, D/B/A Player's Book Store Joseph Raymond Mc Broom, D/B/A M Distributors Camera's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation v. Rufus Edmisten, Attorney General of North Carolina Randolph Riley, Districtattorney for 10th Judicial District E. Raymond Alexander, District Attorneyfor 18th Judicial District Donald K. Tisdale, District Attorney for 21stjudicial Districtdonald Jacobs, District Attorney for 8th Judicial District Dan K. Edwards,district Attorney for 14th Judicial District H. W. Zimmerman, Districtattorney for 22nd Judicial District Donald Greene, District Attorney for 25thjudicial Districtjames C. Roberts, District Attorney for 19th Judicial District, W. A. Allen,sheriff, Durham County, North Carolina T. B. Seagroves, Chief of Police, Cityof Durham, North Carolina the State of North Carolina William H. Andrews,district Attorneyfor 4th Judicial District William Allen Cobb, District Attorney for 5thjudicial District Edward W. Grannis, Jr., District Attorney for 12th Judicialdistrict Wade Barber, Jr., District Attorney for 15(b) Judicial District C.D. Knight, Sheriff,orange County, North Carolina Herman Stone, Chief of Police, City of Chapelhill, North Carolina, U. T. Incorporated, a Georgia Corporation, D/B/A Camera's Eye Bookstore Andmind's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation, D/B/A as Mind's Eye Andimperial Book Store v. Rufus Edmisten, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina Joseph Brown, District Attorney of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District and Individually C.C. Elmore, Chief of Police of City of Gastonia and Individually Petergilchrist,district Attorney for the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District and Individuallydonald Greene, District Attorney for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Andindividually is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Hart Book Stores, Inc. Raleigh Books, Inc. Tri-State News, Inc. Ronald Mothershead, D/B/A R. And M. Adult Book Store Jesse F. Frye, Jr., D/B/A L. & J. News Stand Larry Gene Moore, D/B/A E. & M. Enterprises Thomas Page, D/B/A Player's Book Store Joseph Raymond Mc Broom, D/B/A M Distributors Camera's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation v. Rufus Edmisten, Attorney General of North Carolina Randolph Riley, Districtattorney for 10th Judicial District E. Raymond Alexander, District Attorneyfor 18th Judicial District Donald K. Tisdale, District Attorney for 21stjudicial Districtdonald Jacobs, District Attorney for 8th Judicial District Dan K. Edwards,district Attorney for 14th Judicial District H. W. Zimmerman, Districtattorney for 22nd Judicial District Donald Greene, District Attorney for 25thjudicial Districtjames C. Roberts, District Attorney for 19th Judicial District, W. A. Allen,sheriff, Durham County, North Carolina T. B. Seagroves, Chief of Police, Cityof Durham, North Carolina the State of North Carolina William H. Andrews,district Attorneyfor 4th Judicial District William Allen Cobb, District Attorney for 5thjudicial District Edward W. Grannis, Jr., District Attorney for 12th Judicialdistrict Wade Barber, Jr., District Attorney for 15(b) Judicial District C.D. Knight, Sheriff,orange County, North Carolina Herman Stone, Chief of Police, City of Chapelhill, North Carolina, U. T. Incorporated, a Georgia Corporation, D/B/A Camera's Eye Bookstore Andmind's Eye, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation, D/B/A as Mind's Eye Andimperial Book Store v. Rufus Edmisten, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina Joseph Brown, District Attorney of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District and Individually C.C. Elmore, Chief of Police of City of Gastonia and Individually Petergilchrist,district Attorney for the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District and Individuallydonald Greene, District Attorney for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Andindividually in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on December 4, 1979.
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