The Pink Pony’s fight with Brookhaven heads to top Ga. court | www.ajc.com

The legal fight between a well-known strip club and the city of Brookhaven is heading to Georgia’s top court.

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday will weigh a lawsuit filed by the Pink Pony that challenges the new north DeKalb city’s attempt to restrict nude dancing.

Pink Pony, which has been in business for 22 years, is no stranger to fighting in court for the right to exist. The strip club struck an agreement with DeKalb County in 2007 after a similar legal fight. Court records show that the club’s operators agreed to pay an increased fee of about $100,000 a year in exchange for dropping the legal fight.

That all changed when the city of Brookhaven incorporated in December 2012. Less than a month later, the new city’s councilmembers passed an ordinance that banned consumption of alcohol combined with nude dancing that was similar to DeKalb’s restrictions. The council declared that sexually-oriented businesses were linked to “adverse secondary effects” like crime and drugs.

Pink Pony sued the city in May 2013….

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