Baby J's survives legal torpedo: Judge doesn't like the smell' of city's attempt to shut down harbor restaurant
Aug 01, 2009 - Destin Log - McClatchy-Tribune Information - TMCnet.com
If it took Destin two months to take Baby J's Water Cafe to court, the city can't expect a judge to make a decision to close the restaurant in one afternoon, Judge Keith Brace says.
"It took you from May to today to figure out this is not a vessel," Brace said at a Wednesday hearing, "yet you expect the court to convene an emergency hearing and in a half a day or less put this person out of business?" The city had requested a temporary injunction closing the restaurant over alleged safety violations. Instead, Brace granted Baby J's attorney Dana Matthews' request to continue the hearing at a later date, doing so before any of the witnesses -- Baby J's owners, City Manager Greg Kisela and others -- had testified, or any evidence had been submitted.
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Baby J's survives legal torpedo: Judge doesn't like the smell' of city's attempt to shut down harbor restaurant
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