Legal Opinion
Pap's A.M. v. City of Erie
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 21, 1998No. 016 and 017 W.D. Appeal Docket 1997PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*352 OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
This is an appeal by allowance from the order of the Commonwealth Court reversing the trial court’s order permanently enjoining the enforcement of the City of Erie’s Ordinance 75-1994 (“Ordinance”), and striking the Ordinance in its entirety. For the following reasons, we now reverse.1
On September 28, 1994, the City Council for the City of Erie (“City Council”) enacted the Ordinance.2 The Ordinance *353states, inter alia, that it is a summary offense to appear in a “state of nudity”. In order to avoid being in a “state of nudity,” a female person over the age…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Texas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. GraceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by61 opinions
- City of Erie v. Pap's A. M.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Commonwealth v. Muniz, J., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Pap's A.M. v. City of ErieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. MockaitisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Melvin v. DoeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
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