Asher Investments, Inc. v. City of Cincinnati

Painter, Presiding Judge.

In 1990, Danny Asher, sole owner and president of Asher Investments, Inc., opened “Prime Time,” a nightclub in Clifton near the University of Cincinnati. Asher and Asher Investments, Inc. are the plaintiffs-appellants. For convenience, we refer only to Asher throughout this decision. Before opening Prime Time, Asher was an employee at the same facility for approximately twenty years, during which time it was also operated as a nightclub under other names, such as “Reflections,” “The Lighthouse,” and “Burgundy’s.” The nightclub’s patrons were mostly white before Asher…