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Adult entertainment owners, trade group fail to get state's 'no-touch' rule declared unconstitutional
By Phil Trexler
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Tuesday, Jun 23, 2009
A federal judge has upheld Ohio's ''no-touch'' law for strip clubs in Akron and around the state.
A group of adult entertainment owners and the Buckeye Association of Club Executives, a not-for-profit trade group that represents cabarets and adult bookstores, had sued in U.S. District Court seeking to have the state's no-touch law declared unconstitutional.
Akron was among several cities and counties named as defendants in the lawsuit filed in October 2007. The suit came in reaction to new state laws covering exotic dance clubs and adult bookstores.
Judge Solomon Oliver Jr., in a 45-page decision released Monday, granted motions by local government attorneys to have the suit dismissed.
A message left with Berkman, Gordon, Murray & DeVan, a Cleveland law firm representing the adult entertainment groups, was not returned.
Oliver found that the state law that bans exotic dancers and customers from touching each other does not violate First Amendment or other constitutional rights of the business owners.
The judge also upheld the state law that limits the hours of operation for adult clubs that serve liquor.
Oliver disagreed with claims from club owners that the ''no touch'' law violated freedom of speech guarantees.
He also disagreed with arguments that the ban is overly broad and could be applied to ballet dancers or other mainstream theatrical performers.
''Indeed, there is no evidence before the court that musicals such as Hair are characterized by an emphasis on specified sexual activities or anatomical areas,'' the judge wrote in his decision.
Phil Trexler can be reached at 330-996-3717 or ptrexler@thebeaconjournal.com.
A federal judge has upheld Ohio's ''no-touch'' law for strip clubs in Akron and around the state.
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Posted 06:58 AM, 06/23/2009
Close them all down period
i, o
Posted 07:41 AM, 06/23/2009
It hasnt stopped them in the past, and it wont stop them from touching in the future. More touching means more money.
Akron, Oh
Posted 09:14 AM, 06/23/2009
that's not goin' to stop them from touching..
please..that's the reason they are goin' there
in the first place..
Barberton, OH
Posted 09:14 AM, 06/23/2009
Personally, I've put many of these gals through college!
akron, oh
Posted 09:32 AM, 06/23/2009
The pnly way to get these girls to resist touching you is to marry them.
akron, oh
Posted 09:33 AM, 06/23/2009
only way... sorry, bad type
i, o
Posted 09:48 AM, 06/23/2009
yeah I know what you mean Stleo, I married one. Oh the good ol daze!!!!
i, o
Posted 09:52 AM, 06/23/2009
yeah I know exactly what you mean Stleo, I married one.
Cleveland, OH
Posted 10:05 AM, 06/23/2009
Thank Phil Burress and Citizens for Community Values for this. Next on their real hit list: ban on adoption by un-married couples, outlaw the sale of sex toys, shut down erotic stores, adult book stores. They're also known for hanging around Proctor & Gamble's offices protesting and harassing people after that company started offering benefits to domestic partners of their employers.
Posted 11:01 AM, 06/23/2009
Just another group of people making their opinion law...law should be based on logic.
Las Vegas , NV
Posted 11:32 AM, 06/23/2009
wow, I didn't know that was the law now back in Ohio. Wasn't like that when I was 17 sneaking into XTC back in the good ol days haha..and it certaintly isn't like that out hear in Vegas haha I would never move back to the dump of Ohio!
Posted 02:33 PM, 06/23/2009
I never knew Ohio was part of the Bible Belt.
Tallmadge, OH
Posted 02:40 PM, 06/23/2009
Most of these women are single mothers without support, job skills, or have lost their better job in this economy, trying to support their kids without resorting to 100% real prostitution. Is the idea of this to make sure that they do that instead?
akron, oh
Posted 06:47 PM, 06/23/2009
What's the diffrence between selling yourself in the club or on the street? All they are doing is getting to stay warm inside.
Akron, Oh
Posted 10:13 PM, 06/23/2009
Hey, what are blind men suppose to do at strip clubs now? This is discrimination of blind men everywhere!
Akron, Oh
Posted 11:15 PM, 06/23/2009
I think any individual can determine for themselves if they want to be touched or not. I don't need laws making my mind up for me. We allow abortions because a woman has the right because its her body. Well, its my body and I don't have a problem with a hot dancer rubbing her rump on my leg...... So it's illegal to allow a dancer to touch my body but it is legal for a woman to allow a doctor to perform an abortion. Makes no sense!
Akron, OH
Posted 02:25 AM, 06/24/2009
One good thing about the military is they sent me to see how the southern half lives...
Stripclubs in the south, the bible belt of the world, could just be renamed brothels.
Akron, OH
Posted 03:02 AM, 06/24/2009
I will always support our local single moms . . . one dollar at a time!
Akron, OH
Posted 03:09 AM, 06/24/2009
I think it is time for a background check on Phil Burress and all the members of the Citizens for Community Values . . . execute a search that is as thorough as a nearsighted proctologist on a polyp safari!
I bet you'll find someone that was touched inappropriately . . . probably by Phil.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 07:58 AM, 06/24/2009
This is just an awful application of state legislature. Why must our state mire itself in nanny tactics, trying to save us from ourselves with strip club and gambling laws, instead of making this area economically viable again? Local and state leaders, if it's not about JOBS then we don't want to hear it.
Akron, Oh
Posted 11:21 AM, 06/24/2009
Actually a lot of these girls are drug addicts and need to make a quick buck in order to buy their next hit.
