Missouri Supreme Court upholds law regulating sexually oriented businesses

Ocello v. Koster, No. SC91563 (Mo. Nov. 15, 2011)
The law prohibits totally nude dancing and any contact between dancers and patrons. It prohibits the sale of alcohol at such businesses and requires that they close at midnight. It restricts enclosed booths to discourage promiscuous sexual activity. It requires that any such businesses be located at least 1000 feet from any school, church, day care center, public park, any residence, or any other sexually oriented business.

7th Circuit: SOB crime study does not support hours-of-operation ordinance

Annex Books v. City of Indianapolis, No. 09-4156 (7th Cir. Oct. 1, 2010)

KY: Supreme Court upholds Louisville sexually oriented business ordinance

CitizenLink, DriveThru: “The Supreme Court of Kentucky handed the city of Louisville a huge gift today when it decided in favor of an extensive sexually oriented business ordinance passed by the Metro Council in 2004. All but one provision was held to be constitutional.”

7th Circuit: Secondary effects rationale based on “viewing booth” evidence does not necessarily apply to “adult bookstores” that lack “view booths”

Annex Books, Inc. v City of Indianapolis, No. 05-1926 (7th Cir. Sept. 3, 2009)

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