CURTIS v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 46950-4.

97 Wn.2d 59 (1982)

639 P.2d 1370

LEILONI IRENE CURTIS, ET AL, Appellants, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert H. Levy and Doherty & Levy (Arthur Wells, of counsel), for appellants.

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, and Sean Sheehan, Assistant, for respondent.


DORE, J.

This case examines the constitutionality of the City of Seattle's lewd conduct ordinance and that city's body studio ordinance. We affirm appellants' convictions under these statutes and, in so doing, find no constitutional infirmities.

Appellants are members and employees of the Venusian Church (Church). The philosophy of the Church centers on an individual's acceptance of his or her own sexuality, thereby discarding the repressions upon sex imposed...

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