A federal judge in San Diego has refused to throw out a civil rights lawsuit filed by nude dancers against the Police Department and its vice officers.

Judge M. James Lorenz rejected a request by the city attorney to dismiss a lawsuit filed by attorney Daniel Gilleon on behalf of nude dancers at Cheetahs.

His decision could lead to a trial with contrasting testimony by strippers and vice officers about what happened when the officers conducted inspections of Cheetahs lasting four hours on one occasion and 2-1/2 hours on another.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.