Legal Opinion
Pierce v. City and County of Denver
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 27, 1977No. 27393PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson
In Menefee v. City and County of Denver, 190 Colo. 163, 544 P.2d 382 (1976), we held that the obscenity ordinance of the City and County of Denver was unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. Contemporaneously with the announcement of Menefee, we decided People v. Tabron, 190 Colo. 149, 544 P.2d 372 (1976) (Tabron I), which declared the Colorado obscenity statute to be unconstitutional. Section 18-7-102(l)(a), C.R.S. 1973. As a result of Menefee and Tabron I, there was temporarily neither a Denver ordinance nor a state statute regulating obscenity in Colorado. Shortly after the above…
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