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Lilley v. New Hampshire

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on January 13, 2020.

Docket No.19-64
Op. BelowN.H.

Issue

(1) Whether an ordinance expressly punishing only women, but not men, for identical conduct"being topless in public"classifies on the basis of gender; and (2) whether an ordinance criminalizing exposure of "the female breast," under which only women are prosecuted for public exposure of their areolas, violates the 14th Amendment"s equal protection clause.

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