Legal Opinion
Deweese v. Town of Palm Beach
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 1987No. 85-5342PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
An Ordinance of the Town of Palm Beach (“Town”) prohibits its citizens from appearing downtown without a garment covering the upper portion of their bodies. Because this prohibition, as applied to appellant DeWeese, is not rationally related to any legitimate Town interest, we hold that the ordinance is unconstitutional.
I. BACKGROUND
Appellant Allen DeWeese is a male lawyer who lives in the Town of Palm Beach, Florida. He likes to run, and during the hot, humid Florida summers he runs without a shirt on. This activity offended the town fathers of Palm Beach so they…
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