This page contains links to documents filed in the case City News and Novelty v. City of Waukesha, 99-1680, currently before the United States Supreme Court.  All documents are stored in Adobe Acrobat format.  The Acrobat reader is available for free--you can download it by clicking the link at the bottom of this page.

The documents are listed in chronological order.

At The City Administrative Level:

• Chapter 68 of the Wisconsin Statutes (Municipal Administrative Procedure Act)
  
  
• City of Waukesha's Adult Oriented Establishment licensing ordinance
  
  
• City of Waukesha Common Council's Resolution denying the Adult Establishment renewal of its license dated December 19, 1995
  
  
• Adult Establishment's Request for Review of the Determination dated January 17, 1996
  
• Adult Establishment's Brief in Support of Review of the Determination dated January 19, 1996
  
  
• Waukesha City Common Council Determination on Review dated January 24, 1996
  
• Adult Establishment's Proposed Findings of Fact for the Administrative Review Appeals Board dated May 28, 1996
  
• Adult Establishment's Proposed Conclusions of Law for the Administrative Review Appeals Board dated May 28, 1996
  
• Adult Establishment's Brief in Support of License Renewal to the Administrative Review Appeals Board dated May 28, 1996
   
• Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law of the Waukesha City Administrative Review Appeals Board dated June, 1996
  

Before the Waukesha County Circuit Court:

• Summons and Complaint initiating certiorari action before the Waukesha County Circuit Court, filed by the Adult Establishment and dated June 11, 1996

• Record Index submitted to Circuit Court by City of Waukesha

• Adult Establishment Brief to Circuit Court dated October 16, 1996

• Adult Establishment Circuit Court Reply Brief dated October 31, 1996

• Waukesha County Circuit Court Decision
  
  
• Waukesha County Circuit Court Decision, City Ordinance, Chapter 68 of the Wisconsin Statutes, City Resolution denying renewal of the license, and Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law of the City Administrative Review Appeals Board, put together as one document (large)
  

Before the Wisconsin District II Court of Appeals:

• Adult Establishment's Brief to the Court of Appeals
  
  
• City of Waukesha's Response Brief to the Court of Appeals
  
  
• Adult Establishment's Reply Brief to the Court of Appeals
  
  
• Wis. Ct. of Appeals' certification to Wis. Supreme Court filed March 18, 1998

• Letter from Adult Establishment to Court of Appeals dated April 19, 1999

• Wis. Supreme Court's refusal of certification dated April 21, 1998
  
  
• City of Waukesha's Letter to Court of Appeals dated April 21, 1999
  
  
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals Oct. 20, 1999 Decision
  

Before The Wisconsin State Supreme Court:

• Adult Establishment's Petition for Review to the Wisconsin Supreme Court dated November 19, 1999
  
  
• City of Waukesha's Response to Petition for Wisconsin Supreme Court Review
  
  
• Wis. Supreme Court's denial of Adult Establishment's Petition for Review dated January 18, 2000
  

Before The United States Supreme Court:

• Adult Establishment's Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court dated April 17, 2000
  
  
• City of Waukesha's Response to Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court
  
  
• U.S. Supreme Court's Grant of the Petition for Writ of Certiorari

• Adult Establishment's Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court

• City of Waukesha's Response Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court

• Adult Establishment's Reply Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court

Amicus Briefs (Supporting the City):

• Brief for the United States
• Brief of the Community Defense Counsel
• Brief of Morality In Media, Inc. and National Law Center For Children And Families
• Brief for States of Alabama, Colorado, Nebraska and Wisconsin
• Brief of the National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, et al.

Amicus Briefs (Supporting the Adult Establishment):

• Brief of Florida Cannabis Action Network, Inc.
• Brief of American Booksellers Foundation For Free Expression, et al.
• Brief of American Charities For Reasonable Fund Raising Regulation, Inc.
• Brief of The Liberty Project

• Unites States Supreme Court January 17, 2001 Decision