Legal Opinion
Mickens v. City of Kodiak
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 11, 1982No. 5628PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Paula Mickens performs as a topless dancer at a bar in Kodiak, known as Tony’s Place. She wears only a “T-string” during her act which covers her pubic region, but leaves her breasts and buttocks fully exposed.
On August 14, 1980, the City of Kodiak enacted Ordinance No. 588, which prohibits waiters, waitresses and entertainers in establishments serving alcohol from exposing their genitals, buttocks, and, in the case of females, their breasts.1
*820Mickens brought an action in the superior court on August 28, 1980, before the law became effective, seeking a declaratory…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Police Dept. of Chicago v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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