United States Seventh Circuit
R.V.S., L.L.C. v. CITY OF ROCKFORD, 03-2772
Defendant's ordinance regulating clothed "Exotic Dancing Nightclubs" violates the First Amendment; it regulates a wide universe of dance, and defendant has produced little evidence of harmful secondary effects connected to such clubs, beyond the assumption that such effects exist.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/09/2003
- Decided 03/17/2004
- Published 03/17/2004
Judges
- FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Allan S. Rubin (argued), Southfield, MI, Wayne B. Giampietro, Stitt, Klein, Daday, Aretos & Giampietro, Arlington Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Kathleen Elliott (argued), City of Rockford, Law Department, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.