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Article: Second Judge Rejects Application for Hooters in Arlington, Texas to Sell Beer.
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- March 17, 2004
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By Nathaniel Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 17--ARLINGTON, Texas -- A second Tarrant County judge has denied a southwest Arlington Hooters restaurant's application to sell beer.
Judge Vincent Sprinkle ruled in Fort Worth on Tuesday that the license warranted refusal based on the general welfare and morals of the surrounding community and on the public sense of decency. The judgment was similar to another judge's ruling, which took two years to play out in court.
Hooters' application to sell beer has been in limbo since October 2001, when company officials disclosed plans to build a ...