No Early End to Suit Over Texas ‘Sexually Oriented Business’ Law

A lawsuit challenging a Texas law barring people under age 21 from working in “sexually oriented” businesses should head to trial, a federal magistrate judge said.

The parties’ summary judgment motions “are a waste of the court’s and the parties’ resources,” US Magistrate Judge Mark Lane of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas said in a report and recommendation filed Wednesday.

“The parties have submitted over 200 pages of briefing and over 5000 pages of exhibits. Nonetheless, both sides attempt to argue there are no fact issues that would preclude summary judgment in their favor,” Lane ...