Source: https://m.openjurist.org/631/f2d/135/spokane-arcades-inc-j-r-v-c-brockett-spokane-arcades-inc-j-r
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631 F2d 135 Spokane Arcades Inc J-R v. C Brockett Spokane Arcades Inc J-R | OpenJurist
631 F. 2d 135 - Spokane Arcades Inc J-R v. C Brockett Spokane Arcades Inc J-R
631 F2d 135 Spokane Arcades Inc J-R v. C Brockett Spokane Arcades Inc J-R
631 F.2d 135
SPOKANE ARCADES, INC., a Washington Corporation; Playtime
Theatres, Inc., a Washington Corporation; J-R Distributors,
Inc., a Washington Corporation; and Sportland Amusement,
Inc., a Washington Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Donald C. BROCKETT, Prosecuting Attorney, etc., Defendants-Appellants,
The Honorable Dixie Lee Ray, as Governor of the State of
Washington, et al., Defendants.
Inc., etc., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Washington, in her representative capacity only,
Hon. Slade Gorton, as Attorney General of the State of
Washington, in his representative capacity only,
Nos. 78-2369, 78-2520.
The statutory definition of "lewd matter" expressly incorporates the standards approved in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 24, 93 S.Ct. 2607, 2614, 37 L.Ed.2d 419 (1973). Wash.Rev.Code § 7.48.050(2)
If the complainant applies for a temporary injunction, a hearing on the application must be held within ten days. Id. § 7.48.060. Service of the complaint and notice to the defendant must be made at least three days before the hearing. Id. § 7.48.064
In addition, lewd matter shall be destroyed, and other personal property used in conducting the nuisance shall be sold, id. § 7.48.078; and all money and other consideration found to be a nuisance shall be forfeited to the local government. Id. § 7.48.090. Persons found to have maintained the nuisance shall be required to pay a three hundred dollar penalty as well as the costs of abating the nuisance. Id. §§ 7.48.076, 7.48.078. The statute provides that owners of property used to maintain the nuisance who lack knowledge of the nuisance may recover their personal property, id. § 7.48.078; they may also prevent the issuance of any closing or restraining order, or obtain the cancellation of any such order already issued, by filing a bond and giving assurance that the nuisance will be abated. Id. § 7.48.068
Contempt may be punished by a fine of between two hundred and one thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a term of between three and six months, or both. Id. § 7.48.080