Legal Opinion
Women's Liberation Union of Rhode Island, Inc. v. Israel
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided July 23, 1974No. Civ. A. 74-139PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
The issue to be resolved in this litigation is whether § 3-8-5 R.I.G.L.1956 (1969 Reenactment) is facially unconstitutional in that it violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
On June 5, 1974 Doorley’s Tap, in Providence, Rhode Island refused to serve alcoholic beverages to the named plaintiffs, all over 18 years of age and members of Women’s Liberation Union of Rhode Island, Inc., simply because they were females who were not allowed, by virtue of the statute at issue, to drink beverages on the premises which was…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Boucher v. SayeedSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
- Women's Liberation Union of Rhode Island v. Richard J. IsraelCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Redhail v. ZablockiDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1976
- Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Fahey v. DariganDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1975
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