Bushco, et al v. Shurtleff, et al, No. 12-4083 (10th Cir. 2013)
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Plaintiffs-Appellants Buschco Corp., Companions, LLC and TT II, Inc. are escort services. The State of Utah brought suit in federal district court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Appellants claimed certain amendments to the Utah Code were overly broad, unconstitutionally vague, and infringed on their right to free speech under the First Amendment to the federal constitution. The district court found that portions of Utah's Sexual Solicitation Statute were unconstitutionally vague, and upheld other parts. Appellants appealed. Three issues presented to the Tenth Circuit were: (1) whether issue preclusion applied to the Statute's constitutionality since a similar, predecessor statute had been held unconstitutional; (2) whether Amendments to the Sexual Solicitation Statute were overbroad or placed too great a burden on First Amendment rights; and (3) whether the Amendments to the Statute were unconstitutionally vague. Upon review, the Tenth Circuit held: (1) issue preclusion did not apply; (2) the amendments were not unconstitutionally overbroad; and (3) the statute implicated in this appeal was not unconstitutionally vague.
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