BRADENTON, Florida -- The county took the battle over strippers showing too much skin to the nation's highest court.

County attorney Jim Minix said Manatee County filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision that the county hasn't proven that strip clubs harm the community.

In July, the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta said a federal judge shouldn't have dismissed a lawsuit filed by two strip clubs seeking to overturn county nudity ordinances.

Minix argued the appeals court misinterpreted past Supreme Court decisions about efforts to rein in adult entertainment. The petition focused specifically on three past Supreme Court decisions dealing with public nudity and efforts to restrict adult businesses. Full Story...