Legal Opinion
Women's Liberation Union of Rhode Island v. Richard J. Israel
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 4, 1975No. 74-1297PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Rhode Island law prohibits any establishment holding a class C liquor license from serving beverages to women. § 3— 8 — 5 R.I.G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment). 1 Appellees on several occasions ordered drinks at Doorley’s Bar, a class C establishment, and were refused service because of their sex. They then filed this suit seeking declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violation of their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. The district court, without reaching appellees’ First Amendment claims, found the discrimination mandated by §…
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