Opinion ID: 76258
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Heading: O'Brien's First and Third Prongs

Text: 54 Ordinance 99-18 easily satisfies the first and third prongs of O'Brien. The first O'Brien factor is whether the regulation is within the constitutional powers of the government. O'Brien, 391 U.S. at 376, 88 S.Ct. 1673. Here, Ordinance 99-18 is within Manatee County's police powers. Pap's A.M., 529 U.S. at 296, 120 S.Ct. 1382; Barnes, 501 U.S. at 567, 111 S.Ct. 2456. Likewise, Ordinance 99-18 clearly satisfies the third O'Brien condition, which requires the government's interest to be unrelated to the suppression of free expression, because the ordinance bans all public nudity, not just nudity in adult dancing establishments. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held this type of general ban to be unrelated to the suppression of free expression. Pap's A.M., 529 U.S. at 296, 120 S.Ct. 1382; Barnes, 501 U.S. at 567, 111 S.Ct. 2456.