Dock Club, Inc. v. Illinois Liquor Control Commission

We hold here that a practice of plaintiff, The Dock Club, Inc., in operating a licensed dramshop, to sponsor as a promotion, “ladies nights” whereby only females but not males were permitted to purchase drinks at a price reduced from plaintiff’s regular price did not violate article VI, section 12b, of the Dramshop Act. That section provides:

“No licensee licensed under the provisions of this Act shall deny or permit his agents and employees to deny any person the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any premises in which alcoholic liquors…