![]() In so doing, Judge Feldman ruled that plaintiffs had failed to establish the potential for irreparable injury under Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Feldman denied a motion for a temporary restraining order filed contemporaneously with the complaint. In addition, the plaintiffs seek compensatory damages and attorneys fees and costs. Plaintiffs seek relief in the form of a permanent injunction and a declaration that the ordinance at issue violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The plaintiffs commenced this action on January 2, 1992, by filing a complaint invoking the court's federal question jurisdiction. Frank Haines, the owner/lessor of the premises on which Scuttlebutt is located and the manager of the lounge, and Mary Michele Yelverton, a dancer employed by Scuttlebutt, also have joined in this suit as plaintiffs. In addition to serving alcohol, Scuttlebutt features live entertainment, which includes exotic dancing by women clothed in pasties and G-strings. ![]() Tammany Parish near the City of Slidell on December 12, 1991. Plaintiff, John Vonderhaar, opened a cocktail bar known as "Scuttlebutt" in St. This ordinance prohibits certain employees in commercial or public establishments from being nude, or partially nude, and makes a violation of the ordinance punishable as a misdemeanor. Tammany Parish Police Jury passed Ordinance No. The court has heard oral argument and has carefully reviewed the pleadings, the attached papers, and the memoranda of counsel, and now rules on the *1240 motions to dismiss and for a preliminary injunction. Tammany Police Jury (collectively referred to herein as the "Parish"), have moved for dismissal in response to plaintiffs' application for the preliminary injunction. Yelverton, have moved for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the defendants from enforcing St. Plaintiffs, John Vonderhaar, Frank Haines, and Mary M. Reed, Reed & Caire, Stephen Joseph Caire, District Attorney's Office, Covington, La., for defendants. Lane Anderson Carson, Lane Carson & Associates, Walter P. ![]() ![]() Kevin Cramer O'Bryon, Rebecca Marie Olivier, Leake & Andersson, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs. John VONDERHAAR, Frank Haines, and Mary M. ![]()
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