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• Big John’s restraining order against smoking ban denied  

Lancaster County District Judge Jodi Nelson on Wednesday denied a pool hall's request for a restraining order against the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act, which went into effect June 1.

Attorney Theodore Boecker Jr., who represents Big John Billiards Inc., claimed in a lawsuit filed in May against the state of Nebraska that the law was unconstitutional. . . .

Boecker argued in the lawsuit that the cigar bar exemption favored certain businesses with longtime tobacco ties while harming others like, for instance, the traditionally "smoke-filled pool hall." He said the court should strike down the entire ban and let Big John's operate as it normally did prior to June 1.

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