City News vs City of Waukesha

At The City Administrative Level

  1. Chapter 68 of the Wisconsin Statutes (Municipal Administrative Procedure Act) (PDF)
  2. City of Waukesha's Adult Oriented Establishment Licensing Ordinance (PDF)
  3. Common Councils Resolution Denying the Adult Establishment Lic. Renewal - December 19, 1995 (PDF)
  4. Adult Establishment's Brief in Support of License Renewal to Appeals Board - May 28, 1996 (PDF)
  5. Adult Establishment's Request for Review of the Determination dated January 17, 1996 (PDF)
  6. Adult Establishment's Brief in Support of Review of Determination dated January 19, 1996 (PDF)
  7. Adult Establishment's Proposed Conclusions of Law for the Appeals Board - May 28, 1996 (PDF)
  8. Adult Establishment's Proposed Findings of Fact for the Appeals Board dated May 28, 1996 (PDF)
  9. Waukesha City Common Council Determination on Review dated January 24, 1996 (PDF)
  10. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law of the Appeals Board dated June 1996 (PDF)

Before the Waukesha County Circuit Court

  1. Summons Complaint Initiating Certiorari Action Before County Circuit Court (PDF)
  2. Record Index Submitted to Circuit Court by City of Waukesha (PDF)
  3. Adult Establishment Brief to Circuit Court dated October 16, 1996 (PDF)
  4. Adult Establishment Circuit Court Reply Brief dated October 31, 1996 (PDF)
  5. Waukesha County Circuit Court Decision (PDF)
  6. Waukesha County Circuit Court Decision, City Ordinance, Chapter 68 (PDF)

Before the Wisconsin District II Court of Appeals

  1. Adult Establishments Brief to the Court of Appeals (PDF)
  2. City of Waukesha's Response Brief to the Court of Appeals (PDF)
  3. Adult Establishments Reply Brief to the Court of Appeals (PDF)
  4. Wisconsin Court of Appeals Certification to Wisconsin Supreme Court filed March 18, 1998 (PDF)
  5. Letter from Adult Establishment to Court of Appeals dated April 19, 1999 (PDF)
  6. Wisconsin Supreme Courts Refusal Of Certification dated April 21, 1998 (PDF)
  7. City of Waukesha's Letter to Court of Appeals dated April 21, 1999 (PDF)
  8. Wisconsin Court of Appeals October 20, 1999 Decision (PDF)

Before the Wisconsin State Supreme Court

  1. Adult Establishments Petition for Review to Wisconsin Supreme Court dated November 19, 1999 (PDF)
  2. City of Waukesha's Response to Petition for Wisconsin Supreme Court Review (PDF)
  3. Wis. Supreme Courts denial of Adult Establishments Petition for Review dated January 18, 2000 (PDF)

Before the United States Supreme Court

  1. Adult Establishment's Petition for Writ of Certiorari to U.S. Supreme Court - April 17, 2000 (PDF
  2. City of Waukesha's Response to Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)
  3. U.S. Supreme Courts Grant of the Petition for Writ of Certiorari (PDF)
  4. Adult Establishment's Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)
  5. City of Waukesha's Response Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)
  6. Adult Establishment's Reply Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)

Amicus Briefs (Supporting the City)

  1. Brief for the United States (PDF)
  2. Brief of the Community Defense Counsel (PDF)
  3. Brief of Morality In Media, Inc. and National Law Center For Children And Families (PDF)
  4. Brief for States of Alabama, Colorado, Nebraska and Wisconsin (PDF)
  5. Brief of the National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, et al. (PDF)

Amicus Briefs (Supporting the Adult Establishment)

  1. Brief of Florida Cannabis Action Network, Inc. (PDF)
  2. Brief of American Booksellers Foundation For Free Expression, et al. (PDF)
  3. Brief of American Charities For Reasonable Fund Raising Regulation, Inc. (PDF)
  4. Brief of The Liberty Project (PDF)

Supreme Court Decision

  1. Unites States Supreme Court January 17, 2001 Decision (PDF)