City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc.

Issue: Does the burden-shifting framework for evaluating the First Amendment constitutionality of a dispersal ordinance relating to adult businesses, established in an earlier decision in this matter, Alameda Books v. City of Los Angeles, 535 U.S. 425 (2002), require upholding a municipal zoning ordinance which prohibits the operation of more than one adult entertainment business at a single location when plaintiffs challenging the regulation cannot, at the summary judgment stage of proceedings, produce "actual and convincing" evidence casting "direct doubt" on the city's rationale for the regulation?

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (9th Cir.)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner's reply