{"id":278127,"date":"2025-10-04T22:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T22:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/278127\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T22:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T22:21:16","slug":"appeals-court-denies-rodeo-dallas-emergency-request-to-reopen-keeping-bar-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/278127\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals Court denies Rodeo Dallas emergency request to reopen, keeping bar shut down"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas has denied an emergency request from Rodeo Dallas to pause a temporary injunction shutting it down indefinitely<\/a>, meaning the Deep Ellum bar must remain closed until its full appeal is decided<\/a> or the case goes to trial next spring. <\/p>\n

In a brief order issued Thursday, Justice Jessica Lewis and two other justices rejected Rodeo Dallas\u2019 request without explanation, except to say: \u201cAfter reviewing the motion, appellee\u2019s response, and appellee\u2019s supplement, we deny the motion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ruling upholds a Sept. 9 Dallas County District Court order that shut down Rodeo Ranch indefinitely after Asana Partners, a neighboring property owner, sued the bar in August. The North Carolina-based real estate investment firm argued the bar\u2019s operations \u2014 including allegations of overserving alcohol, failing to screen for guns and other weapons, and contributing to violence in the area \u2014 created a public nuisance that harmed its properties and tenants.<\/p>\n

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Rodeo Dallas appealed the ruling last month and later filed an emergency motion to reopen the bar pending the higher court\u2019s review of the injunction challenge. <\/p>\n

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A trial is currently scheduled in Dallas County District Court for April 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe temporary injunction was entered for the purpose of protecting Deep Ellum and the people who visit, work, and live there, and we are pleased that the temporary injunction will continue to be enforced during the pendency of the appeal,\u201d said Ben Riemer, an attorney representing Asana Partners. Lawyers representing Rodeo Dallas didn\u2019t immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.<\/p>\n

Rodeo Dallas had been locked out by its landlord, Westdale Properties, on Aug. 5 but reopened the next day after obtaining a separate court order. On Aug. 8, Asana Partners filed its lawsuit, and a judge that same day issued a temporary restraining order shutting the bar down for several weeks. <\/p>\n

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After an Aug. 14 hearing<\/a>, the court issued a temporary injunction on Sept. 9, shutting down Rodeo Ranch indefinitely. Dallas County District Judge Veretta Frazier cited testimony alleging the bar overserved alcohol, allowed underage drinking, and failed to stop violence \u2014 including a March murder tied to its patrons. The judge also noted that nearby businesses owned by Asana Partners had to close early to avoid chaos when Rodeo Dallas let out crowds at 2 a.m. <\/p>\n

This summer, Texas alcohol regulators investigated Rodeo Ranch for allegedly selling alcohol to minors. In late July, Dallas warned the bar to fix multiple code violations by Aug. 25 or face a court-ordered shutdown. The city tied 16 crimes to the bar over the past year. Despite warnings, officials said the bar failed to improve. Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Moreno, who represents Deep Ellum, told The Dallas Morning News in September that he expected the city to sue Rodeo Dallas, as city inspections showed the bar still hadn\u2019t met the city\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n

In its emergency motion to the appeals court, Rodeo Dallas argues the injunction is illegal and too broad because it doesn\u2019t prove the bar directly caused irreparable harm to Asana Partners. <\/p>\n

Rodeo Dallas\u2019 attorneys also contend that crime in Deep Ellum existed before the bar opened in 2023 and that a full shutdown, instead of more narrow fixes like security improvements, would destroy the business entirely. <\/p>\n

They noted that Rodeo Dallas\u2019 lease with Westdale Properties allows the landlord to terminate the agreement if Rodeo can\u2019t operate in its space for more than 90 consecutive days or 120 total days in a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWestdale has already attempted to remove Rodeo from the premises,\u201d the motion said, \u201cand will almost certainly try again if given the opportunity.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas has denied an emergency request from Rodeo Dallas to pause a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":216921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,14840,14841,24726,80,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-278127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-city-council","11":"tag-dallas-city-hall","12":"tag-deep-ellum","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115318232817680700","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}