Legal Opinion
JJR INC. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 23, 1995No. 61217-0PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDurham, C.J.
— JJR Inc., Autumn Willows, and Gina Ware challenge Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 6.202.230, an administrative licensing scheme governing adult entertainment license revocation and suspension. JJR is a Washington corporation operating Rick’s, a Seattle nightclub featuring nude dancing. Willows and Ware perform nude dancing at Rick’s. The City of Seattle (Seattle) requires that nude dancing establishments, and the performers who work there, obtain adult entertainment licenses. JJR, Willows and Ware 1 contend that Seattle’s administrative licensing scheme is facially unconstitutional because it…
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