Northwest Publications, Inc. v. City of Saint Paul

OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

The City of St. Paul and the St. Paul City Council appeal from a preemptory writ of mandamus ordering that a city council meeting for discussion of proposed city ordinance amendments be open to the public. We affirm.

FACTS

For several months the St. Paul City Council had been considering proposed changes in city ordinances relative to on-sale liquor establishments and nude dancing. The proposed amendments intend to prevent liquor establishment patrons from viewing nude dancers through glass partitions which separate the liquor establishment from adjacent unlicensed premises.