Dog Pound, LLC v. City of Monroe

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DISMISSING CASE

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

The plaintiff originally sued the City of Monroe over provisions in a city ordinance that effectively prohibited the plaintiffs proposed operation of a portable hotdog vending business in highly-trafficked areas of the City’s downtown district, which the ordinance described as a “restricted area.” While the lawsuit was pending, the City amended its ordinance to delete some, but not all, of the provisions the plaintiff found offensive. The plaintiff applied for a preliminary…