PIERCE v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

No. 27393.

565 P.2d 1337 (1977)

Janice PIERCE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, a municipality, William H. McNichols, Mayor of the City and County of Denver, Arthur Dill, Chief of Police, City and County of Denver, Dan Cronin, Manager of Safety, City and County of Denver, Jerry Kennedy, Captain of the Denver City Police Department, Vice Squad, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Ney, Littleton, for plaintiff-appellee.

Max P. Zall, City Atty., Lloyd K. Shinsato, Charles E. Sellner, Asst. City Attys., Denver, for defendants-appellants.


ERICKSON, Justice.

In Menefee v. City and County of Denver, Colo., 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, Colo., 544 P.2d 372 (1976) (Tabron I), which declared the Colorado obscenity statute...

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