Exotic Businesses Suffer as New Legal Restraints Take Hold JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Â – A case questioning the validity of Missouri’s so-called “anti-porn bill” is presenting Cole County Circuit Court’s most senior judge with virgin legal territory. “I’ve heard about every constitutional complaint that you can imagine though the years…maybe I’m senile and don’t remember, but [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – An appellate judge rejected the request for temporary relief that Missouri’s adult industry sought from a new law tightening restrictions on their business practices. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Wednesday denied industry attorneys’ request for a temporary restraining order, refusing to overturn the original ruling issued Friday by [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Cole County judge gave the state’s strip clubs and adult bookstores no short-term satisfaction when he refused to delay the onset of rigidified laws set to take effect Saturday. In response, industry attorneys turned to a higher legal authority for help. Please visit our main news site www.monewshorizon.org to read [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Attorneys at odds over the constitutionality of Missouri’s new “anti-porn” law appeared in court Thursday to argue the merits of a temporary restraining order request. The law, which industry attorneys call “nothing short of economically devastating,” is set to take effect Aug. 28. Judge Jon Beetem of the Cole County Circuit [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Defenders of lap dancing (and other avenues of adult entertainment) are seeking a judge’s protection from a new law they claim is “fatally overbroad” and “nothing short of economically devastating.” The motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction was filed Tuesday in Circuit Court of Cole County. Several plaintiffs [...]
Continue reading …May 14, 2010 By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Legislature ended its 95th General Assembly with a busy day of bill passing, but what didn’t pass made most of the news at the Capitol. As the final moments of the session approached, House members sought to strike a deal [...]
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