Legal Opinion
El Marocco Club, Inc. v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 18, 2000No. 98-213-AppealPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
Under applicable state law and consistent with the free-speech rights protected by the United States Constitution, can a municipality enact an ordinance that prohibits displays of nudity at local liquor-serving establishments? For the reasons bared below, we answer this question in the affirmative.
Facts and Travel
The plaintiff nightclub, El Marocco Club, Inc., appeals from the Superior Court’s entry of a judgment in favor of the defendant, Town of Johnston (town). The plaintiff sought to invalidate town Ordinance No. 965, first enacted in 1996, because it prohibited…
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