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Constitutional Law Keyed to Rotunda
Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
Citation:
501 U.S. 560 (1991)Facts
The Kitty Kat Lounge is located in the city of South Bend. It sells alcoholic beverages and presents “go-go dancing.” Its proprietor desires to present totally nude dancing, but an applicable Indiana statute regulating public nudity requires that the dancers wear “pasties” and a “G-string” when they dance. Respondent Glen Theater is an Indiana corporation with a place of business in South Bend. Its primary business is supplying adult entertainment through written and printed materials, movie showings and live entertainments at an enclosed bookstore. The live entertainment at the bookstore consists of nude and seminude performances and showings of the female body through glass panels. Customers sit in a booth and insert coins into a timing mechanism that permits them to observe the nude dancers for a period of time.
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