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Fourth Circuit again reinstates "dirty dancing" plaintiff's equal protection claim

Fourth Circuit again reinstates "dirty dancing" plaintiff's equal protection claim: Back on October 7, 2005, I had a post titled "Allegedly provocative dancer banished, due to her supposedly suggestive moves, from dances held at town's community center brings federal civil rights claim and wins a portion of her Fourth Circuit appeal from an order dismissing the case" reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued that day.

On remand, following discovery, the federal district court granted summary judgment against the plaintiff on her equal protection claim. Today, however, a unanimous three-judge Fourth Circuit panel, by means of a non-precedential ruling, has reversed the grant of summary judgment and has remanded the case for trial. As a result, it appears that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville, will soon need to conduct a "dirty dancing"-related trial. And another Fourth Circuit appeal in this case could result therefrom.

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).