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ERIE v. PAP’S A. M.

Opinion of the Court

John H. Weston argued the cause for respondent. With
him on the briefs were G. Randall Garrou, Philip B. Fried-
man, and Cathy Crosson.*

Justice O’Connor announced the judgment of the Court
and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts
I and II, and an opinion with respect to Parts III and IV, in
which The Chief Justice, Justice Kennedy, and Justice
Breyer join.

The city of Erie, Pennsylvania, enacted an ordinance ban-
ning public nudity. Respondent Pap’s A. M. (hereinafter

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were ﬁled for Brevard County,
Florida, by Scott L. Knox; for the American Liberties Institute et al. by
Frederick H. Nelson, Lonnie N. Groot, and Anthony A. Garganese; for
Erie County Citizen’s Coalition Against Violent Pornography by Keith O.
Barrows; for Morality in Media, Inc., et al. by Paul J. McGeady, Bruce A.
Taylor, and Janet M. LaRue; and for the National Family Legal Founda-
tion by Len L. Munsil.

Briefs of amici curiae urging afﬁrmance were ﬁled for the American
Association for Nude Recreation by Robert T. Page; for the American Civil
Liberties Union et al. by Steven R. Shapiro, Witold J. Walczak, Bruce J.
Ennis, Jr., and Paul M. Smith; for Deja Vu Consulting, Inc., et al. by
Bradley J. Shafer; for Feminists for Free Expression by Mary D. Dorman;
for the First Amendment Lawyers Association by Randall D. B. Tigue,
Steven H. Swander, and Richard L. Wilson; for the Thomas Jefferson Cen-
ter for Protection of Free Expression et al. by J. Joshua Wheeler; and
for Bill Conte, on behalf of The Dante Project: Inferno et al. by Jack
R. Burns.

Briefs of amici curiae were ﬁled for the State of Kansas et al. by Carla
J. Stovall, Attorney General of Kansas, Stephen R. McAllister, State Solic-
itor, Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, Edward B. Foley,
State Solicitor, and Elise Porter, Assistant Solicitor, and by the Attorneys
General for their respective States as follows: Alan G. Lance of Idaho,
Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan, Mike
Moore of Mississippi, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Don Stenberg of
Nebraska, D. Michael Fisher of Pennsylvania, Charles M. Condon of South
Carolina, Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, John Cornyn of Texas, Jan Gra-
ham of Utah, and Mark L. Earley of Virginia; and for Orange County,
Florida, by Joel D. Prinsell.