JJR INC. v. City of Seattle

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• striking down the city’s licensing scheme for adult entertainment and noting that prior restraints of protected expression are per se violations of the Washington constitution
• “When interpreting statutes, the court must assume that the Legislature does not engage in meaningless acts.”
• administrative licensing scheme must provide for a stay of an adult entertainment license revocation or suspension pending judicial review
• striking down prior restraint on nude dancing in adult nightclubs
• striking down prior restraint on nude dancing in adult nightclubs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).