Ripplinger v. Collins

868 F.2d 1043 Mary Beth RIPPLINGER; David Lee; Sylvia Kammeyer; Steve Kammeyer; Robert Brown; Barbara Wodrich; Brian Heath; Darlene Schell; Barb Chew; George Wectstein; Judy Price; Ed Price; Bill Schindler; Robert S. McBride; Wayne Sharpe, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas A. COLLINS, in his official capacity as Maricopa County Attorney, Defendant-Appellee. No. 87-2501. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 16, 1988. Decided Feb. 24, 1989. Richard J. Hertzberg, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants. Benjamin W. Bull, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before SCHROEDER and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and STEPHENS, Jr., * District Judge. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs, Mary Beth Ripplinger and other owners of video stores, adult theatres, and bookstores, appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Thomas Collins, the Maricopa County Attorney [hereinafter the "state" or "Collins"]. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming the Arizona obscenity regulation scheme is unconstitutional on its face. We affirm in part and reverse in…