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Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Indiana Courts - Video store hearing before Judge Barker
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports today, in a story headlined "Experts clash in adult-store hearing," that"
It was a battle of the expert witnesses from California yesterday at a hearing in federal court on whether New Albany should be ordered to let an adult video store reopen.After a full day of testimony in Indianapolis, U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker directed the two sides to submit their final arguments in writing by Monday and to respond to each others' arguments by next Wednesday so she can make a decision without delay — but she did not specify a date.
Lawyers for the city said they were pleased with the hearing.
"We feel we put on the best evidence," said Scott Bergthold, a lawyer from Chattanooga, Tenn., who was representing New Albany. He said the city based its ordinances on rulings by federal appeals courts that upheld cities' rights to regulate adult businesses.
New Albany DVD's lawyer left before he could be interviewed.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 10, 2004 06:12 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts