JAKE'S, LTD., INC. v. CITY OF COATES

No. 01-1869.

284 F.3d 884 (2002)

JAKE'S, LTD., INC.; Richard J. Jacobson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF COATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall D.B. Tigue, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James J. Thompson, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before LOKEN, LAY, and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Jake's Bar in Coates, Minnesota, has featured live nude dancing since early 1992. Coates is a town of 182 people located fifteen miles southeast of St. Paul. The Coates City Council enacted a zoning ordinance in 1994 that strictly limited the location of sexually oriented businesses. Jake's sued, and the district court declared that the ordinance unconstitutionally infringed the First Amendment protection afforded to nude dancing as a form of...

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