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A local strip club says the City of Davenport owes them nearly $200,000 for keeping their dancers off the stage for a year. A federal court has ruled against the city in the strip club's lawsuit. The City of Davenport shut down Chorus Line Gentleman's Club back in 2009. Since then, three courts have ruled in the strip clubs favor and they've since reopened . But now the City of Davenport will have to pay up. It's just off Kimberly Rd. and Brady St. where the strippers take the stage and their clothes come off. "Imagine if you have an operating business and all of a sudden the city tells you nope you cant operate anymore."says Chorus Line's attorney, Mike Meloy. Meloy says that back in 2009 City Administrator Craig Malin denied the clubs renewal for an adult entertainment license. "Davenport claims that there's another adult business on the premises called Dr. Johns boutique." And that would be illegal, but Dr. Johns is licensed as a retail shop, not adult entertainment. So they took it to court...and won. The strip club opened back up in 2010, but now they want the city to pay for the year's worth of lost business. The federal court's ruling that came down on Friday says the city IS responsible for damages caused to the club when they were illegally forced to close. "We're going to be claiming damages in the amount of roughly $200,000 for the time when chorus line was shut down illegally." Meloy says. And those numbers don't include Chorus Line's attorney and court fees since 2009. On top of that, public record shows the city has spent more than $80,000 on outside attorneys to handle the three trials they lost. The city attorney and city administrator referred us to outside council for comment, those calls have not been returned. A trial is set for September 16th to determine how much money the City of Davenport will have to fork over to the strip club.