SHEVIN v. BOCACCIO, INC.

No. 55762.

379 So.2d 105 (1979)

Robert L. SHEVIN, Attorney General of Florida, H. Layton Mainguy, Mayor, and the City of Oakland Park, Appellants, v. BOCACCIO, INC., a Corporation, d/b/a Front Page, and 4245 Corporation, Inc., d/b/a Backstage Lounge, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Martin S. Friedman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Lewis D. Haines, II, City Atty., and Edward J. Williams, Asst. City Atty., Fort Lauderdale, for City of Oakland Park.

Emerson Allsworth of Allsworth, Doumar, Schuler, Padula & Laystrom, Fort Lauderdale, and Sy Chadroff and Charles L. Curtis, Miami, for appellees.


OVERTON, Justice.

This case is before the Court on direct appeal from a circuit court which held the "B-girl" prohibition statute, section 562.131, Florida Statutes (1977), unconstitutional on its face and as applied to the appellees. We have jurisdiction.1

The statute prohibits so-called "B-girl"2 activity, where employees of an alcoholic beverage establishment...

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