CITY: DON'T USE STRIP CLUB RULING AS LEGAL PRECEDENT.Byline: James Nash Staff Writer An appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. decision that faulted the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. for ignoring speakers in a hearing over a strip club's operating hours shouldn't be used as a precedent for similar cases statewide, the City Attorney's Office said Wednesday. The city attorney has asked the California Supreme Court to ``de-publish'' - redact To edit sensitive documents before release to the public. With today's heightened awareness of the legal implications of exposing information, it is common to redact even e-mail messages before sending them. from official records - the decision by the Second District Court of Appeal ordering a new hearing for the Blue Zebra strip A packaging device that allows quick alignment of electronic devices on a printed circuit board. It is a small rubber strip with carbon bands running around it. It allows contact to be made from the pads on the board to the pads on the device by whichever bands happen to line up at both points. club. A suit by Roger Jon Diamond, a lawyer for the club, has claimed City Council members violated the club's rights by chatting on cell phones and with one another during a hearing on the club's operating hours. De-publishing the appeals court's ruling would mean the case could not be used as a precedent in other jurisdictions. Los Angeles city attorney The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official whose job is to prosecute all of the misdemeanor criminal offenses within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. spokeswoman Katie Buckland said the allegations were limited to Blue Zebra hearing in 2003. ``The facts are so narrow and unique that it shouldn't be relied on for precedent,'' Buckland said. Diamond disagreed, saying that city officials were trying to keep the decision out of law books because it embarrassed them. City Council President Alex Padilla declined to comment, referring questions to the City Attorney's Office. James Nash, (213) 978-0390 james.nash(at)dailynews.com |
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