Carchio v. City of Fort Lauderdale

Plaintiffs sued defendants for a declaratory judgment that a 1996 ordinance banning “partial” nudity in places where alcoholic beverages are served is unconstitutional and for an injunction barring enforcement of the ordinance. The 1996 ordinance defined prohibited nudity as follows:

“Partial nudity means the showing of the human male or female buttocks or any portion thereof with less than a full opaque covering; the showing of the female breast ivith less than a full opaque covering of any portion thereof, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.” [e.s.]

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