City of Erie v. Pap's A.M.

The City of Erie (defendant) enacted an ordinance making it a crime to knowingly appear nude in public. Pap's A.M. (plaintiff), which operated a nude dancing establishment in Erie, challenged the ordinance on First Amendment grounds. The trial court struck the ordinance down, an intermediate appellate court reversed, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed again, holding the ordinance violated Pap's free-expression rights.