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Zoning Bulletin September 25, 2015 1 Volume 9 1 Issue 18 <br />City's Ordinance did not require approval by COAH as a condition of <br />enforcement. <br />See also: Holmdel Builders Ass'n v. Township of Holmdel, 121 N.J. <br />550, 583 A.2d 277 (1990). <br />See also: Toll Bros., Inc. v. Township of West Windsor, 173 N.J. 502, <br />803 A.2d 53 (2002). <br />Constitutionality of Zoning <br />Ordinance/Sexually-Oriented <br />Business/Jurisdiction—Owner of <br />adult entertainment establishment <br />challenges zoning ordinance <br />governing adult entertainment <br />overlay districts as unconstitutional <br />Owner argues that despite later <br />amendments to ordinance, given <br />unconstitutional original ordinance, its adult <br />entertainment use is legally nonconforming <br />Citation: Green Valley Investments v. Winnebago County, Wis., 794 <br />F.3d 864 (7th Cir. 2015) <br />The Seventh Circuit has jurisdiction over Illinois, Indiana, and <br />Wisconsin. <br />SEVENTH CIRCUIT (WISCONSIN) (07/27/15)—This case ad- <br />dressed the issue of whether a zoning ordinance governing adult <br />entertainment overlay districts constituted prior restraint that violated <br />the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. It also ad- <br />dressed a federal district court's jurisdiction over supplemental state <br />law claims that remain after the federal issue is resolved. <br />The Background/Facts: In 2006, Green Valley Investments, LLC <br />("Green Valley") opened Stars Cabaret ("Stars"), a nude dancing <br />establishment in Neenah, Wisconsin in Winnebago County (the <br />"County"). At the time that Stars opened, the County Zoning Ordinance <br />required adult entertainment establishments to locate within "adult <br />entertainment overlay [AEO] district [s]." An AEO district could be <br />© 2015 Thomson Reuters 5 <br />