AKRON, OH — Although some cities and states allow dancers and customers to get up-close-and-personal, if you’re close enough to smell her sweat, chances are you’re too close to the stripper in question if she’s shaking her groove thing in the not-so-sexy state of Ohio.Although the Buckeye Association of Club Executives and a group of adult entertainment business owners insisted otherwise in U.S. District Court, Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. insisted in a 45-page ruling that the state’s no-touch law is entirely legal.

Akron and an assortment of other Ohio cities were named as defendants in the October 2007 case, which was finally resolved – at least for now — in late June of this year.

Oliver moved to have the suit against the cities dismissed and determined that denying patrons and dancers the opportunity to consensually touch one another was not a violation of either party’s or any business entity’s First Amendment rights, or any other constitutionally guaranteed rights, for that matter. He disagreed that the ruling was overly broad and could be applied to mainstream performers or dancers.

“Indeed, there is no evidence before the court that musicals such as Hair are characterized by an emphasis on specific sexual activities or anatomical areas,” Oliver wrote in his copious decision.

Further disappointing club owners was Oliver’s ruling that limits placed on hours of operation for venues that serve alcohol and provide erotic entertainment are legal.