Knudtson v. City of Coates

I join in the court’s opinion but add these further observations.

Under the Barnes case, “state and local governments that have been seeking to drive totally nude dancing establishments out of them communities may do so without invoking their authority under the Twenty-first Amendment to prohibit nude dancing in establishments serving liquor.” Comment, 105 Harv.L.Rev. 287, 292 (1991). Moreover, under Barnes, states and municipalities may require dancers in public establishments, including barrooms, to wear at least “ ‘pasties and a G-string’” and may well have the authority to impose more…