Legal Opinion
Jake's, Ltd., Inc. Richard J. Jacobson v. City of Coates
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 26, 2002No. 01-1869PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Jake’s Bar in Coates, Minnesota, has featured live nude dancing since early 1992. Coates is a town of 182 people located fifteen miles southeast of St. Paul. The Coates City Council enacted a zoning ordinance in 1994 that strictly limited the location of sexually oriented businesses. Jake’s sued, and the district court declared that the ordinance unconstitutionally infringed the First Amendment protection afforded to nude dancing as a form of expressive conduct. The City then enacted an amended zoning ordinance and a restrictive licensing ordinance. Jake’s sued again.…
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