Federal Judge Says Sexually Oriented Businesses Can Stay Open Late … For Now

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Federal Judge Says Sexually Oriented Businesses in Dallas Can Stay Open Late … For Now

Protesters outside Dallas City Hall in January chanted"crime knows no time" as city officials considered an ordinance that would close sexually oriented businesses in the early morning hours.from 2 a.m.-6 a.m., the businesses filed a lawsuit claiming the restrictions were unconstitutional.

“The court concludes that the data relied on by the City Council does not fairly support the city’s stated rationale for the ordinance of reducing crime because the data artificially enhances crime data associated with , and in doing so, unfairly attributes adverse secondary effects to SOBs,” U.S. Chief District Judge Barbara Lynn wrote in her order granting the club's request for a temporary injunction.

In mid-April, Lynn said she was close to reaching a decision on whether the city could begin enforcing the. The city agreed four months prior that it wouldn’t enforce the hours until Lynn’s decision on the injunction. In the meantime, though, Dallas would try to strip SOBs of their licenses citing the ordinance and other criminal activity.

Rodriguez said four shootings in the last month had taken place at or been linked to SOBs. The shootings occurred between 4 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., according to Rodriguez.

 

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