Legal Opinion
Free the Nipple-Fort Collins v. City of Fort Collins
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 15, 2019No. 17-1103PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
The city of Fort Collins, Colorado, enacted a public-nudity ordinance that imposes no restrictions on male toplessness but prohibits women from baring their *795breasts below the areola. See Fort Collins, Colo., Mun. Code § 17-142 (2015). In response, Free the Nipple, an unincorporated association, and two individuals, Brittiany Hoagland and Samantha Six (collectively, "the Plaintiffs"), sued the City in federal district court. They alleged (among other things) that the ordinance violated the Equal Protection Clause, U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1, and they asked for a…
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