Difeo d/b/a/ Dredz International Imports v. Town of Plaistow, 00-E-0218 (Rockingham, Mar. 7, 2002)

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Topics: Equitable Estoppel, First Amendment, Ordinance, Overbreadth, Pt. I Art. 22, Pt. I Art. 5, Zoning

Case Information
Document Type: 
Opinion
Case name: 
Difeo d/b/a/ Dredz International Imports v. Town of Plaistow
Docket Number: 
00-E-0218
Date: 
Mar 7 2002
Justice: 
Coffey, Patricia C.
Jurisdiction: 
Rockingham

Petitioner seeks a declaratory judgment that respondent's zoning ordinance prohibiting body piercing in the Town of Plaistow is unconstitutional, that the Town may regulate but not prohibit body piercing, and that petitioner is authorized to practice body piercing in his Plaistow store. Respondent objects and claims that its zoning ordinance is valid and constitutional, and that petitioner may not practice body piercing in the Town of Plaistow. The court held a trial on the merits on August 2, 2001, which continued on January 17, 2002.

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