Legal Opinion
Knudtson v. City of Coates
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 30, 1994No. C2-92-2533PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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SIMONETT, Justice.
Respondent in this case is a bar owner who challenges two Coates city ordinances prohibiting nudity in licensed liquor establishments as unconstitutional on their face and as applied to her. She alleges that the ordinances violate the right to freedom of expression as guaranteed by Art. 1, § 3 of the Minnesota Constitution.1 The City of Coates asserts that the ordinances are constitutional because states may ban nudity through a liquor regulatory scheme pursuant to the Twenty-first Amendment to the federal constitution and that the ordinances are a valid exercise of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- New York State Liquor Authority v. BellancaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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- City of Chicago v. Pooh Bah Enterprises, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 2007
- State v. WicklundSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
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