Jjr V. City Of Seattle

DURHAM, C.J. -- JJR Inc., Autumn Willows, and Gina Ware challenge Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 6.202.230, an administrative licensing scheme governing adult entertainment license revocation and suspension. JJR is a Washington corporation operating Rick's, a Seattle nightclub featuring nude dancing. Willows and Ware perform nude dancing at Rick's. The City of Seattle (Seattle) requires that nude dancing establishments, and the performers who work there, obtain adult entertainment licenses. JJR, Willows and Ware*fn1 contend that Seattle's administrative licensing scheme is facially unconstitutional because it fails to provide a stay of license revocation or suspension pending judicial review. They argue this violates the first amendment to the United States Constitution and article 1, section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.