FREE THE NIPPLE v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, MO

No. 17-3467.

923 F.3d 508 (2019)

FREE THE NIPPLE-SPRINGFIELD RESIDENTS PROMOTING EQUALITY; Jessica Lawson; Amber Hutchison, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, Defendant-Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony E. Rothert , Jessie M. Steffan , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Saint Louis, MO, Gillian R. Wilcox , ACLU OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Kansas City, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Marianne L. Banks , Christopher Michael Hoeman , Thomas E. Rykowski , Assistant City Attorney, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Ginger K. Gooch , HUSCH & BLACKWELL, Springfield, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, BENTON and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


Free the Nipple-Springfield Residents Promoting Equality and two of its members, Jessica Lawson and Amber Hutchison (collectively FTN), sued the City of Springfield, alleging its indecent exposure ordinance violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. The district court1 granted summary judgment...

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