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On Monday, Tim Rogers posted a lawsuit that several, um, massage parlors — among them, The Passion, Cleopatra Day Spa and 333 Body Works — brought against the city of Dallas in which they claim they had their certificates of occupancy yanked without due process. Tim also posted a piece from the January D in which former Observer-er Tom Korosec detailing just how the city’s been shutting down these brothels … pardon, massage parlors.
As it turns out, the city didn’t take long to respond to the complaint, in which the “relaxation studios” and “spas” requested a temporary restraining order that would allow them to keep their doors open. You’ll find that response after the jump, but, first, an excerpt from Dallas Caty Attorney Tom Perkins’s follow-up: “The evidence will show that the certificates of occupancy were revoked because
each application for a certificate of occupancy did not state that the use would be operated as a
massage establishment, nor did the applicant supply a copy of a massage establishment license.” Can’t imagine why.
Anyway, yesterday, U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade denied the plaintiffs request for a TRO and canceled a hearing scheduled for today. The point, he said, is moot.
Dallas Response to Massage Parlors Suit
