Legal Opinion
City of Newport v. Iacobucci
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 17, 1986No. 86-139PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Per curiam
In 1982, the City Commission of Newport, Ky., enacted Ordinance No. 0-82-85. This ordinance prohibited nude or nearly nude dancing in local establishments licensed to sell *93liquor for consumption on the premises.1 A state law imposing an almost identical prohibition on nude dancing was upheld by this Court in New York State Liquor Authority v. Bellanca, 452 U. S. 714 (1981) (per curiam), as being within the State’s broad power under the Twenty-first Amendment2 to regulate the sale of liquor within its boundaries.
Respondents, proprietors of Newport liquor establishments that offered nude or…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- California v. LaRueSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- New York State Liquor Authority v. BellancaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by93 opinions
- 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode IslandSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Rodriguez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Ben's Bar, Inc. v. Village of SomersetCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Goldrush II v. City of MariettaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- City of Chicago v. Pooh Bah Enterprises, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 2007
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