R.A.S. Entertainment, Inc. v. City of Cleveland

Karpinski, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, R.A.S. Entertainment, Inc., appeals from the trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, the city of Cleveland and two of its police detectives. Plaintiff, operating two nightclubs in which nude and seminude performances take, place, sought a declaratory judgment that certain dances were constitutionally protected, nonobscene performances. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the city and the detectives, and plaintiff appealed. Because plaintiffs complaint does not present a justiciable…