Colorado Court Case Effectively Makes It Legal For Women In Utah To Go Topless In Public

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A legal battle in Colorado is having an unexpected effect on Utah.

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge’s decision that a Fort Collins law — which banned women from appearing topless in public — is unconstitutional.

The city of Fort Collins will not appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, effectively making it legal for women to go topless in public in all areas of the 10th Circuit’s jurisdiction, which includes Utah.

A similar law is being appealed to the Supreme Court by New Hampshire. If the court takes the case, the ruling will have a national impact and could overrule the Tenth Circuit’s decision.