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ESSENCE, INC. v. CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS

Nos. 00-1271, 00-1286.

285 F.3d 1272 (2002)

ESSENCE, INC., doing business as The Bare Essence, a Colorado corporation; Devona Richelle Lopez and Lisa Easton, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. The CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 8, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley J. Reich, (Arthur M. Schwartz, Michael W. Gross, on the briefs), Arthur M. Schwartz, P.C., Denver, CO, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Steven J. Dawes, (Brian S. Popp, with him on the briefs), Griffiths, Tanoue & Light, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Before TACHA, ANDERSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

During the middle to late 1990s, the defendant, City of Federal Heights, Colorado, enacted a series of ordinances governing the licensing and operation of adult entertainment businesses. Plaintiffs are Essence, Inc., a corporation that operates a nude dancing establishment, and Devona Richelle Lopez and Lisa Easton, two women denied employment as dancers by Essence, Inc. because they were younger than twenty-one at...

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