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THE BARE FACTS ABOUT REGULATING STRIP JOINTS
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T A TACTICS AND ANALYSIS

• H. Alan Dill, Esq.
• Dill, Dill, Carr, Stonbraker Hutchings

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A REVEALING LOOK AT VICE

• Captain Timothy Bayard
• New Orleans Police Department

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BADA BING, BADA BOOM!

• John D. Kirkendoll
• Gold Club

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GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS!

• Christy Scoggins
• Gold Club

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T A TACTICS AND ANALYSIS

• H. Alan Dill, Esq.
• Dill, Dill, Carr, Stonbraker Hutchings

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OBSCENITY

• Sex and obscenity are not synonymous.
• Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476, 487
  (1957)
• I know it when I see it.
• Justice Potter Stewart, Jacobellis v. Ohio,
• 378 U.S. 184, 197 (1964) (concurring)

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PUBLIC NUDITY

• Constitutionally Protected
• -- Nude dancing of the kind sought to be
  performed here is expressive conduct within the
  outer perimeters of the First Amendment, though
  we view it is only marginally so.
• -- Barnes v. Glen Theater, Inc., 501 U.S. 560,
  566 (1991)

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PUBLIC NUDITY

• Leading Authority
• Barnes v. Glen Theater, Inc., 501 U.S. 560 (1991)
• Issue of Morality
• City of Erie v. Paps A.M., 529 U.S. 277 (2000)
• Issue of Secondary Effects
• To believe that the mandatory addition of
  pasties and g-strings will have any kind of
  noticeable impact on secondary effects requires
  nothing short of a titanic surrender to the
  implausible.
• Justice Stevens, dissenting, joined by Justice
  Ginsburg.
• Id. at 323.

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LIQUOR CODES

• Key Cases
• California v. LaRue, 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• 44 Liquormart v. Rhode Island, 517 U.S. 484
  (1996)
• Sammys of Mobile, Ltd. v. City of Mobile,
• 140 F.3d 993 (11th Cir. 1998), cert. denied,
• 120 S.Ct. 1553 (2000)

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ZONING

• Young v. American Mini Theatres,
• 427 U.S. 50 (1980)
• Intermediate Scrutiny for zoning.
• OBrien Test
• Was enactment a constitutional power of
  government?
• Did enactment further substantial government
  interest?
• Is the interest unrelated to the suppression of
  free expression?
• Is the incidental restriction on First Amendment
  freedoms no greater than is essential to the
  furtherance of that interest?

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ZONING

• A municipality must refrain from effectively
  denying respondents a reasonable opportunity to
  open and operate an adult theater within the
  city.
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theaters, Inc.,
• 475 U.S. 41, 54 (1986)

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ZONING

• Unreasonable restraints
• Topanga Press, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 989
  F.2d 1524 (9th Cir. 1993)
• Ordinance would require more than 102 of 120
  adult business to relocate.
• Walnut Properties, Inc. v. City of Whittier, 808
  F.2d 1331 (9th Cir. 1987)
• Ordinance that restricted available locations to
  approximately 1.35 of city grid.

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LICENSING

• The new method of assaulting the adult business
  industry
• Rules governing lighting, contact and proximity.
• For example, tip boxes and stage barriers.
• City of Colorado Springs v. 2354, Inc.,
• 896 P.2d 272 (Colo. 1995) (en banc)
• Held that these rules are constitutional.

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LICENSING

• Procedural Safeguards
• Prompt Judicial Review

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THANK YOU!

• Special Thanks
• National Conference of State Liquor
  Administrators
• Arthur M. Schwartz, Esq.

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A REVEALING LOOK AT VICE

• Captain Timothy Bayard
• New Orleans Police Department

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BADA BING, BADA BOOM!

• John D. Kirkendoll
• Gold Club

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GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS!

• Christy Scoggins
• Gold Club

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OPEN FORUM
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CLOSING REMARKS
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THANK YOU!
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THE BARE FACTS ABOUT REGULATING STRIP JOINTS