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SA Strip Club Law Could go to US Supreme Court
LAST UPDATE: 1/5/2006 9:53:37 AM
Posted By: Jim Forsyth
The human display law, which restricts nudity and toplessness in local strip clubs, may become a test case and could be considered by the US Supreme Court, 1200 WOAI's Bud Little reported today.
Six local topless clubs settled with the city last year to resolve the issue, but attorney Jim DeeGear says two clubs, Extasy and Paradise, have declined to participate in the compromise, claiming nude dancing is covered by the First Amendment.
"We will take one of those cases and try it and appeal it up through the state Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary, DeeGear said, adding that it could take 'several years' for the issue to be resolved.
The city's new law governing topless and all nude clubs prevents topless dancers from getting within three feet of customers, outlaws so called 'lap dancing,' prohibits private rooms in clubs, and makes it illegal to appear totally nude in public.
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8E2F5462-116C-43A8-B726-6385F99EC49D
Dred Scott v. Sandford, Miranda v. Arizona, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Club Extasy v. San Antonio.