Legal Opinion
Essence, Inc. v. City of Federal Heights
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 8, 2002No. 00-1271, 00-1286PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
During the middle to late 1990s, the defendant, City of Federal Heights, Colorado, enacted a series of ordinances governing the licensing and operation of adult entertainment businesses. Plaintiffs are Essence, Inc., a corporation that operates a nude dancing establishment, and Devona Richelle Lopez and Lisa Easton, two women denied employment as dancers by Essence, Inc. because they were younger than twenty-one at the time they sought employment. Plaintiffs present First Amendment facial challenges to multiple provisions of the Federal Heights municipal…
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