Freenor et al v. Mayor and Alderman of the City of Savannah

Filing 50

ORDER directing the defendant to file a brief within twenty one days from the date of this Order. The Court will Hold in Abeyance the parties motions for summary judgment. Signed by Judge William T. Moore, Jr on 3/28/16. (bcw)

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A h DIV.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGi6MAR28
SAVANNAH DIVISION

APIII:35

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MICHELLE FREENOR; STEVEN
FREENOR; DAN LEGER; JEAN
SODERLIND; and GHOST TALK,
GHOST WALK LLC;
Plaintiffs,
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CASE NO. CV414-247

.

MAYOR AND ALDERMAN OF THE CITY
OF SAVANNAH,
Defendant.

ORDER
Before the Court are Plaintiffs' and Defendant's
Motions for Summary Judgment. (Doc. 30; Doc. 33.)
Subsequent to the parties filing their motions, however,
Defendant "adopted and approved a revised Tour Service for
Hire Ordinance." (Doc. 46 at 1.) Based on this revision,
Defendant filed a three page supplemental brief contending
that

"[t]here should not be any continuing objection by

Plaintiffs to the City's Tour Service for Hire Ordinance."
(Id.) In response, Plaintiffs maintain that

"[n] part of

this case has become moot" (Doc. 47 at 1), and have twice
filed supplemental authority they claim supports their
position (Doc. 48; Doc. 49)

Because the revised ordinance may render all or part
of this case moot, the Court desires the benefit of
briefing on this specific issue. At present, the parties
have provided the Court with only short arguments contained
in supplemental briefs regarding summary judgment, combined
with the filing of a few notices of supplemental authority.
Accordingly, Defendant is

DIRECTED

to file a brief

addressing whether the revised ordinance renders all or any
part of this case moot. Defendant shall have

twenty days

from the date of this order to file its brief, after which
the normal briefing schedule will apply for Plaintiffs'
response and any subsequent replies. In the meantime, the
Court will HOLD IN ABEYANCE' the parties Motions for Summary
Judgment pending a decision regarding mootness.
SO ORDERED this

4
day of March 2016.

01

WILLIAM T. MOORE, J
UNITED STATES DISTR!CT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to terminate these motions
(Doc. 30; Doc. 33) for statistical purposes only.
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