FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATE: Kansas Justice Institute Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Bar Curfew Case Lawrence Small Business Owner Continues Suit For Due Process Rights October 22 – Peach Madl, owner of The Sandbar in Lawrence, and Kansas Justice Institute filed a motion today for a preliminary injunction to provide...
HAYS POST Posted Oct 12, 2020 7:00 PM LAWRENCE, Kan. – A Lawrence-Douglas County local health officer, updated an emergency order requiring restaurants and bars to stop serving alcohol at 11:00 p.m. and to close their doors at midnight, regardless of the establishment’s existing COVID mitigation procedures and protocols. Peach...
By: MACKENZIE CLARK - Public safety reporter The owner of a downtown Lawrence bar is asking a federal judge to rule that a Douglas County health order limiting business hours is unconstitutional and unenforceable. The lawsuit also seeks due process, such as a hearing before a neutral...
Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Even as Kansas recorded another record spike in COVID-19 cases, Lawrence health officials were hit with a lawsuit over an emergency health order that limits bar hours in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus. Rita “Peach” Madl, the...
Mainstay of Downtown Lawrence Sues to Ensure Rights, Due Process COVID Bar Curfew Is Arbitrary, No Recourse for Appeal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lawrence, KS – A Lawrence-Douglas County local health officer updated an emergency order requiring restaurants and bars to stop serving alcohol at 11:00 pm and to...
