© Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan Samantha Six, left, is a plaintiff in federal lawsuit against the city of Fort Collins contesting its ban on women appearing topless in public

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The city of Fort Collins plans to appeal a federal judge’s decision to block the city’s ban on women appearing topless in public. He considers U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson's rationale for instituting the restraining order in February to be "the correct legal interpretation," and he has "no reason to believe" that a three-judge panel at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, the recent home base of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, will feel differently. In granting the preliminary injunction, Brooke stated he would likely rule in favor of members of the group Free the Nipple, who sued the city claiming the ordinance violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution by discriminating against women.
The American city of Fort Collins, Colorado, announces its intention to appeal a federal judge's ruling that blocked the city’s ban on women appearing topless in public.