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Zoning Bulletin January 25, 2016 1 Volume 10 i Issue 2 <br />arguing that it should have been dismissed as untimely. The Fourth Circuit <br />concluded, however, that, because no other statute established the statute of limita- <br />tions for their claim, the residual or "catch all" statute—with a 10 year statute of <br />limitations—applied to TDC's claims, and thus TDC's claims were timely. (See <br />N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-56.) <br />First Amendment—After company <br />purchases property with plans for a <br />sexually -oriented business, city <br />amends zoning and licensing <br />ordinances to restrict such <br />businesses <br />Company alleges zoning and licensing <br />amendments violated its right to expression <br />under First Amendment and seeks preliminary <br />injunction <br />Citation: BBL, Inc. v. City of Angola, 2015 WL 8021983 (7th Cir. 2015) <br />The Seventh Circuit has jurisdiction over Illinois, Indiana, and <br />Wisconsin. <br />SEVENTH CIRCUIT (INDIANA) (12/7/15)—This case addressed the <br />issue of whether commercial property owners were likely to succeed on <br />their First Amendment claim, challenging a city's amendment of zoning <br />and licensing ordinances, which prevented the owners from operating an <br />adult -entertainment club featuring semi-nude dancing on their property— <br />such that a preliminary injunction was warranted. <br />The Background/Facts: In September 2012, Alva and Sandra Butler <br />and their company, BBL, Inc. (hereinafter, collectively "BBL") purchased <br />a restaurant property in a medium -to -large general commercial district in <br />the City of Angola (the "City"). They planned to convert the restaurant to a <br />"liquor -licensed food and beverage serving venue . . . that presents to <br />consenting adult patrons clothed female performance dance entertainment." <br />In fact, the planned establishment, to be called "Showgirl," was to include <br />female dancers wearing only "pasties and a g-string." <br />Shortly after BBL's purchase of the property, the City amended its zon- <br />ing and other ordinances to make BBL's use of the property impossible. <br />More specifically, the City changed its zoning and regulatory ordinances <br />for sexually oriented businesses, adopting an ordinance establishing licens- <br />© 2016 Thomson Reuters 5 <br />