Ending an 11-year legal wrangle, a judge has ordered the city to pay about $100,000 in damages and attorney fees to an entrepreneur for violating his right to open a nude dancing club, which he'll now try to open.
In a ruling last month, Judge William Rea of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles said the city's 1993 ordinance regulating nude entertainment clubs was "unconstitutional because ... (it) made it unreasonably difficult for an adult use applicant to complete the permit process."
Rea awarded businessman Philip Young $43,000 in damages and legal fees which will range between $55,000 and $60,000.
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