Fennell v. Butler, s. 77-1782 and 77-1822

• Citation: 570 F.2d 263
• Decision Date: 06 February 1978
• Docket Number: Nos. 77-1782 and 77-1822,s. 77-1782 and 77-1822
• Parties: Rev. Dianne FENNELL, Appellant, v. Rosalie BUTLER, Councilwoman, Donald D. Wozniak, Harriet Lansing, City Attorney, Philip B. Byrne, Deputy City Attorney, James M. Campbell, and the Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners, Appellees. Charles SMITH, Individually and d/b/a Red Carpet Sauna, C. J. Russell, Inc., d/b/a Civic Center Sauna, L. D. Dagell, Inc., d/b/a the Massage Emporium, Cosmopolitan, Inc., d/b/a Cosmopolitan Sauna, Lee LeNore Ehrlichman, Individually and d/b/a Lee LeNore's Sauna, St. Paul Comfort Center, Inc., d/b/a St. Paul Comfort Center, Appellants, v. The CITY OF ST. PAUL, Minnesota, George Latimer, Individually and as Mayor of the City of St. Paul, Harriet Lansing, Individually and as St. Paul City Attorney, Rosalie Butler, David H. Hozza, Ruby Hunt, Leonard Levine, Victor Tedesco, Individually and as Members of the St. Paul City Council, Dr. Paul Cox, Individually and as Director of the Division of Public Health, Appellees.
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit

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570 F.2d 263

Rev. Dianne FENNELL, Appellant, v. Rosalie BUTLER, Councilwoman, Donald D. Wozniak, Harriet

Lansing, City Attorney, Philip B. Byrne, Deputy City

Attorney, James M. Campbell, and the Minnesota State Board

of Medical Examiners, Appellees.

Charles SMITH, Individually and d/b/a Red Carpet Sauna, C.

J. Russell, Inc., d/b/a Civic Center Sauna, L. D. Dagell,

Inc., d/b/a the Massage Emporium, Cosmopolitan, Inc., d/b/a

Cosmopolitan Sauna, Lee LeNore Ehrlichman, Individually and d/b/a Lee LeNore's Sauna, St. Paul Comfort Center, Inc., d/b/a St. Paul Comfort Center, Appellants, v. The CITY OF ST. PAUL, Minnesota, George Latimer,

Individually and as Mayor of the City of St. Paul, Harriet

Lansing, Individually and as St. Paul City Attorney, Rosalie

Butler, David H. Hozza, Ruby Hunt, Leonard Levine, Victor

Tedesco, Individually and as Members of the St. Paul City

Council, Dr. Paul Cox, Individually and as Director of the

Division of Public Health, Appellees.

Nos. 77-1782 and 77-1822.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Jan. 30, 1978.

Decided Feb. 6, 1978.

Rehearing Denied in No. 77-1782 Feb. 28, 1978.

Rev. Dianne Fennell, pro se.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Richard B. Allyn, Sol. Gen., and Robert T. Holley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Minneapolis, Minn., filed brief for appellee, Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners.

Beryl A. Nord, Asst. City Atty., St. Paul, Minn., filed brief for appellees Rosalie Butler, Harriet Lansing and Philip B. Byrne, in 77-1782 and filed brief for appellees in 77-1822.

Earl P. Gray of Collins & Buckley, St. Paul, Minn., filed brief for appellants.

Before LAY, BRIGHT and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.

LAY, Circuit Judge.

These two appeals arise from separate orders of the district court, the Honorable Donald D. Alsop presiding, denying the plaintiffs' motions for preliminary injunction. The Fennell appeal, No. 77-1782, relates to an attempt by the plaintiff to restrain the City of St. Paul from enforcing an amended ordinance relating to licensing provisions and restrictions on the hours of operation of saunas and massage parlors, and to compel the issuance of a license to practice massage by the Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners.

In the Smith appeal, No. 77-1822, the plaintiffs, owners and operators of massage and sauna parlors in the City of St. Paul, sought to challenge the constitutionality of the same ordinance, which changed the required closing hours for massage parlors from 1:00 A. M. to 10:00 P. M. The district court, in refusing to grant a preliminary injunction, did so on the basis of this court's traditional tests governing the issuance of preliminary injunctive relief: (1) whether the moving party has shown substantial probability of success at trial; and (2) whether the moving party will suffer irreparable injury in the event the injunction is denied. The district court did, however, grant a temporary injunction pending appeal, stating:

In the...