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COHEN v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Docket No. S.F. 24873.

40 Cal.3d 277 (1985)

707 P.2d 840

219 Cal. Rptr. 467

BRUCE COHEN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

October 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Friedman, Sloan & Ross, Jeffrey S. Ross, Sheila L. Sakamoto, Lynne N. Henderson and Lawrence A. Gibbs for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Stephen E. Cone, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser and Amitai Schwartz as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

George Agnost, City Attorney, Burk E. Delventhal, Judith A. Boyajian, Mara E. Rosales and Thomas J. Owen, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendants and Respondents.

Gary R. Netzer, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Lewis N. Unger, Assistant City Attorney, and Pamela Victorine, Deputy City Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Is a San Francisco ordinance, which requires the operators of escort services and their employees to pay an annual license fee and acquire a permit from the chief of police before engaging in business, preempted by state law?

I.

On June 15, 1981, the Board of Supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco enacted Municipal Police Code sections 1074.1 through 1074.30, which regulate escort...

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