A.H.D. HOUSTON, INC. v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 14-08-00758-CV.

316 S.W.3d 212 (2010)

A.H.D. HOUSTON, INC. d/b/a Centerfolds; D.N.W. Houston, Inc. d/b/a Gold Cup; D. Rankin, Inc., d/b/a Trophy Club; Texas Richmond Corporation d/b/a The Men's Club; Ice Embassy, Inc., a Texas Corporation d/b/a The Colorado Bar & Grill; 9834 Jensen, Inc. d/b/a Harlem Knights n/k/a Gateway Regency, L.P. d/b/a Harlem Knights; 8503 North Freeway, Inc. d/b/a Fantasy Plaza a/k/a Fantasy Cabaret, n/k/a Verdant Ventures, L.P. d/b/a Fantasy Plaza; KQ Investments, Inc. d/b/a Amenity Cabaret n/k/a RCI, Inc. d/b/a XTC Cabaret; Trumps, Inc. d/b/a Rick's Cabaret; Atcomm Services, Inc. d/b/a Broadstreets n/k/a Trumps Inc. d/b/a Rick's Cabaret North, Appellants, v. The CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

June 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Thomas Van Huff, David A. Furlow, Nelson T. Hensley, Kevin R. Pennell, Houston, for appellants.

Dwayne R. Day, John M. Helms, Arturo Michel, Patrick Zummo, Cory Matthew Krueger, Houston, for appellee.

Panel consists of Justices YATES, SEYMORE, and BROWN.


OPINION

LESLIE B. YATES, Justice.

This appeal concerns an ordinance enacted in 1997 by appellee the City of Houston that strengthened existing regulations for issuing permits to operate sexually-oriented businesses ("SOBs"). Appellants are ten SOB owners who were denied, in whole in or in part, their requests for additional time to recoup their investments before being subject to the ordinance. They sought judicial review of these decisions, and the trial...

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