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Brodsky was a magistrate in The Tombs court in New York City who made a progressive ruling regarding dancers and nudity in April 1935.1The two women were arrested by a policeman for indecency while performing before an audience of 101 men at a waiters' club at 80 Greenwich Street (Manhattan) . Brodsky dismissed the women from court, saying "nudity is no longer considered indecent in uptown nightclubs and theaters." The women left the club without even a fan to cover them. Brodsky also released the 101 men who attended the performance who were detained at the police station overnight.2
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Brodsky was a magistrate in The Tombs court in New York City who made a progressive ruling regarding dancers and nudity in April 1935. The two women were arrested by a policeman for indecency while performing before an audience of 101 men at a waiters' club at 80 Greenwich Street. Brodsky dismissed the women from court, saying "nudity is no longer considered indecent in uptown nightclubs and theaters." The women left the club without even a fan to cover them. Brodsky also released the 101 men who attended the performance who were detained at the police station overnight.
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Louis Bernard Brodsky (December 25, 1883 - April 29, 1970) was a magistrate in The Tombs court in New York City known for the acquittal of the six men involved in the anti-Nazi SS Bremen riot in 1935 and for a progressive ruling regarding dancers and nudity in April 1935.
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American lawyer In 1935, Brodsky rendered the verdict on rioters of the SS Bremen (here, 1929) Louis Bernard Brodsky (December 25, 1879 – April 29, 1970) was an American magistrate in The Tombs court in New York City known for the acquittal of the six men involved in the anti-Nazi SS Bremen riot in 1935 and for a progressive ruling regarding dancers and nudity in April 1935.
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magistrate in the tombs court in new york city who made a progressive ruling regarding dancers and nudity in ap
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american magistrate in the tombs court in new york city known for the acquittal of the six men involved in the
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