In Texas, Smoke Shop Sues City Of Waco Over Pandemic Closure Order
The lawsuit, filed Thursday, seeks $100,000 in damages
The owners of a Waco smoke shop are alleging the city of Waco illegally shut them down last month as a non-essential business and are asking a judge to allow the business to continue to operate during this local state of disaster.
Discount Smoke Shop Enterprises, owners of the Discount Smoke Shop in the Brookview Hills Shopping Center at 1402 N. 34th St., filed a lawsuit against the city in Waco’s 170th State District Court. The lawsuit seeks $100,000 in damages and a declaratory judgment from Judge Jim Meyer that would allow the shop to reopen as an essential business.
The suit, filed Thursday by Waco attorney Mark S. Knapp on behalf of the business, also seeks damages for lost sales revenue, which the suit alleges is $75,000 a month, and compensation for spoiled food, rent, utilities and attorney’s fees.
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