Defiant Lakeville, Minn., bar ignores another COVID-19 shutdown order
By remaining open, Alibi Drinkery risks a contempt ruling by the court and loss of its liquor license.
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LAKEVILLE, Minn. Customers packed into a Lakeville bar on New Year’s Eve – despite a new order to shut the place down.
The owners of Alibi Drinkery ignored a Thursday, Dec. 31, ruling by the Dakota County District Court, and kept the drinks flowing for the last party of 2020.
The bar and the state attorney general have been locked in a stalemate for weeks over Gov. Walz’s order shutting down businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The governor’s order closes businesses offering “indoor, on-premises dining” until Jan. 11.
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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds state s revenge porn laws
The Court of Appeals had previously found the state s laws regarding nonconsensual sharing of explicit content to be unconstitutional.
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In a Wednesday ruling, the Minnesota Supreme Court overturned a decision by the Court of Appeals.
The Court of Appeals had previously found Minnesota’s laws prohibiting the nonconsensual distribution of explicit images and videos – aka revenge porn – to be too broad and a violation of the First Amendment. Wednesday’s ruling reverses that decision.
The ruling is a result of multiple challenges to the 2017 case of Michael Casillas, who posted a sexually explicit video of his ex-girlfriend online and sent it to 44 people.
Court orders Alibi Drinkery to close down after AG s lawsuit
The Lakeville Bar is open again on Thursday.
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A district court has approved a temporary injunction against Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville, requiring it to close down for dine-in service through Jan. 10.
The Lakeville bar reopened several times in defiance of Gov. Tim Walz s COVID-19 executive order banning indoor food and drink service, which was extended until Jan. 11.
The bar was served with a lawsuit by Attorney General Keith Ellison as well as notice of a 60-day license suspension, but continued to stay open until Dec. 26, when it said it was closing as it awaits the judge s decision.
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