CITY OF LAS VEGAS v. DIST. CT. (KRAMPE)

No. 45222.

146 P.3d 240 (2006)

CITY OF LAS VEGAS, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF the STATE of Nevada, in and for the COUNTY OF CLARK, and the Honorable Sally L. Loehrer, District Judge, Respondents, and Marina Krampe, Jessica Hughes, Fanny Li, Kathryn Muscato, Cassandra McQueen, Heather D'Onofrio, Anissa Burns, Erika Nann, Jennifer Magness, Elizabeth Hernandez, Michelle Admire, Tanisha Potter, Wirat Sangketkit, and Suzanne Strother, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford R. Jerbic, City Attorney, and Edward G. Poleski, Deputy City Attorney, Las Vegas, for Petitioner.

Patti & Sgro, P.C., and James A. Colin and Jonathan L. Powell, Las Vegas; John S. Rogers, Las Vegas, for Real Parties in Interest.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

BECKER, J.

In this case, we consider whether a municipal court has jurisdiction to determine the constitutionality of a misdemeanor law in a criminal proceeding to enforce that law. We conclude that municipal courts have such jurisdiction. We also consider the constitutionality of Las Vegas Municipal Code (LVMC) 6.35.100(I), which prohibits certain physical contact between dancers and patrons in erotic dance establishments. We conclude that...

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