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022931P.pdf 01/30/2004 Jake's Ltd., Inc. v. City of Coates
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 02-2931
and No: 02-3835
District of Minnesota
Civil case - Contempt. District court did not err in finding that the City
demonstrated, by clear and convincing evidence, that Jake's acted in
contempt of a injunction prohibiting sexually-oriented business when it
continued to offer live nude dancing at its establishment; district court did
not err in awarding City attorneys' fees and costs in connection with
bringing the contempt proceedings; $68,000 fine imposed in second
contempt proceeding concerning Jake's practice of offering clothed lap
dancing was a criminal contempt sanction imposed without proper
procedural protections, as the fine was unconditional and covered
conduct not previously adjudged to violate the court's broad and complex
injunction; as the district court's injunction was overbroad and has
embroiled the court in day-to-day enforcement of local zoning
ordinances, a matter more properly handled by the state courts, the case is
remanded with directions to the district court to modify its
injunction so that the decree only prohibits Jake's from conducting the
specific sexually-oriented business - live nude dancing - at issue when the
litigation began. [PUBLISHED][Loken, Chief Judge, author]