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Young V. American Mini Theaters In 1976 respondent operators of two adult motion picture theaters brought a case to the Supreme Court. They wanted relief and an unconstitutional ruling that made two 1972 Detroit ordinances unconstitutional. The ordinances said "an adult entertainment establishment may not be within 1000 feet of any two other similar establishments, or within 500 feet of a residential area. The term adult movie theater is used to describe any establishment that has adult oriented theme, such as book stores, movie theaters, mini movie theaters, and hotels. The Supreme Court ruled that: 1) The ordinances, as applied to these respondents, do not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment on the ground of vagueness. 1a) Neither of the asserted elements of vagueness has affected these respondents, both of which propose to offer adult fare on a regular basis and allege no ground for claiming or anticipating any waiver of the 1,000-foot restriction. 1b) The ordinances will have no demonstrably significant effect on the exhibition of films protected by the First Amendment. To the extent that any area of doubt exists as to the amount of sexually explicit activity that may be portrayed befo