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Adult club wins court ruling

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March 23, 2012

The Georgia Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of Pin Ups, a DeKalb County adult entertainment club, in its litigation to stay open until 7 a.m.

A DeKalb judge had refused to grant an interim injunction that would have allowed, until the case is resolved, for Pin Ups to continue to stay open until 7 a.m. and not close a few hours earlier as required by county ordinances adopted in 2010. Pin Ups appealed, and the Supreme Court ruled the judge had relied upon an incorrect legal standard and directed the judge to try again using the correct one.

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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.

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