From CNN: Court upholds N.Y. ban on dancing in bars
Come and meet those dancing feet, up on 42nd Street -- but only in nightspots with special licenses.
The city's 80-year-old cabaret law banning dancing by patrons in ordinary bars and restaurants is legal, the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division ruled Thursday.
The Gotham West Coast Swing Club and several people had sued, saying the law violated their constitutional right to free expression.
But the appeals court backed the law, which was enacted in the Prohibition era to crack down on speakeasies.
"Recreational dancing is not a form of expression protected by the federal or state constitutions," the court wrote.
Rumor has it, however, that a stranger might be coming to town to set everything to rights.
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