City of Maquoketa v. Russell

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this case two minors challenge the constitutionality of a municipal curfew ordinance. The minors raise four constitutional issues associated with curfew ordinances that were left unresolved by our recent decision in City of Panora v. Simmons, 445 N.W.2d 363 (Iowa 1989). The conclusion we come to today requires us to reach only one: whether the curfew ordinance in question is invalid because it is unconstitutionally overbroad. Because we conclude the ordinance is unconstitutionally overbroad, we declare it invalid. Our conclusion requires us to reverse the minors’…