The Adult Freedom Foundation (AFF) Monitor reported that a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling has been allowed to stand by the United States Supreme Court. The ruling will allow a local community to strictly limit adult businesses.
The case involved Union Township, a Cincinnati suburb which forces strip clubs to close their doors at midnight, in addition to mandating that the clubs provide employee information to the city.
Pat Trueman, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund (a decidely anti-adult organization)thinks the Supreme Court should have taken the case, he is glad that the original ruling was allowed to stand. In a statement, Trueman said, “If you own a sexually oriented business and you look at what the court did today, you must be discouraged.”
Owners of national strip club chain Déjà Vu wanted justices to review the appellate court decision in June that upheld rules requiring strip clubs in the township to close no later than midnight, to apply for operating licenses, and to provide information about employees, including birth dates and job descriptions.
“There really are some negative impacts (on the surrounding community) when these businesses stay open that late,” said township administrator Ken Geis.
After the Supreme Court passed on the case, Citizens for Community Values (CCV) president Phil Burress issued a statement saying, “This is a huge victory with national implications. Communities have been waiting for a decision that would define just how far they could go in regulating adult businesses.”
