The Monday hearing was supposed to only take a day, but there were too many witnesses called to testify. For now, the businesses can continue to operate until the judge hears all of the city’s witnesses and makes her ruling.
Owners of sexually oriented businesses are fighting the city of Dallas over new restrictions that would force them to close between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. They recently made their case in federal court.
For now, the businesses can continue to operate until Judge Barbara Lynn hears all of the city’s witnesses and makes her ruling. Dallas sexually oriented businesses to close at 2 a.m. after unanimous council vote In response, attorneys for the businesses turned to paid testimony from a communications professor who researched the effects of those businesses on human behavior. He called the city’s data connecting SOBs to overnight crime "shoddy," arguing the city did not have a control group to compare the numbers with. Judge Lynn appeared to agree with this point.