OCEAN CITY — Convinced Ocean City officials have a better understanding of the public sensibilities than the plaintiffs in the case, a federal judge on Thursday ruled against a preliminary injunction that would have allowed women to go topless where men can in the resort
Last January, a civil suit filed in U.S. District Court challenged an emergency ordinance passed by the Mayor and Council in June 2017 prohibiting females from going topless in the same areas as men. The plaintiffs, including local resident Chelsea Eline and four others, filed a motion for a preliminary injunction that would allow them to go topless while the case was decided.
A hearing on the preliminary injunction was heard in federal court on Dec. 7, during which Mayor Rick Meehan, Council Secretary Mary Knight and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Melanie Pursel testified on behalf of the town. The plaintiff’s lone witness was noted University of Indiana professor Dr. Debra Herbenick, who testified about the changing public sensibilities on female bare-chestedness.
U.S. District Court Judge James Bredar essentially ruled the town’s own representatives, including Meehan, Knight and Pursel, were better judges of the public sensibilities in the resort.
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6 comments:
When judges rule by feelz {public sensibilities} instead of by the Law....its far far more offensive than bare breast. I could care less about who bares it who dosent, but its increasingly ALARMING how more and more those who have taken an Oath to uphold the law....DONT
Joe you really should look at this video and cut out the sections where Carl Anderton speaks Ghetto. He obviously can't present himself in a normal way. He proves how ghetto and uneducated he is when he gets up and the only thing he knows how to talk about is the food. He starts at 07:00 and Says "How Yall doin. I guess I gotta stand up cus yall in a food coma." This is one unprofessional moron that should not have been elected to the local level much less the state level. He is an embarrassment to every intelligent person in Wicomico County. You really should cut out the unprofessional Delegate's parts and let the people enjoy a good laugh for the day.
It's from the 31st Annual Economic Forecast "Eastern Shore Delegation" 2018 that was held on December 7,2018 at Salisbury University.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otk2hWdrGUk
Agree 100%. The fact that a federal judge rules with this rationale should offend every American that seeks the protection and peace promised by the rule of law!!! Offensive to any "sensibilities"
The judge quoted the law.
The matter isn't settled. This action was to decide if a preliminary injunction should permit the topless troupe to do their thing while the case proceeds. The judge said 'keep your shirt on' in the interim. The billable hours will continue to increase.
Free the puppies!
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