A federal appeals court had good news Monday for three Miami Beach nightclub operators: It’s not illegal to hire alluring women to coax men into ringing up tens of thousands of dollars in bar bills.
Its 41-page ruling focused on jury instructions, with colorful references to “Star Trek” and the bible. The reversal Monday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit came from U.S. District Judge Amul R. Thapar, sitting by designation from Kentucky, with Circuit Judges Ed Carnes and Beverly Martin.
