Posted By: Janine Delacroix

Fri Nov 10, 4:54 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A court has upheld a Las Vegas
city regulation barring erotic dancers from raunchy physical
contact with their customers, in a ruling that runs counter to
the gambling city's sinful reputation.
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Nevada's Supreme Court on Thursday reversed two lower court
rulings that found the regulation improperly curtailed
"expressive conduct" protected by the U.S. Constitution's First
Amendment.

The high court judges said that even if the constitutional
amendment did apply, its protection was not absolute, and added
the city measure helps curtail prostitution, sexually
transmitted disease, drug offenses and criminal activity.

The city rule bars dancers from physical contact of a
sexual nature with customers.

The decision echoes a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals last year that backed a California city's regulation
requiring at least two feet (0.7 metre) distance between erotic
dancers and the audience.

Voters in Seattle took a different view this week,
rejecting a measure on Tuesday that would require erotic
dancers to stay at least four feet from patrons.

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