Legal Opinion

Dorothy Ann WHITE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John FLEMING, City Attorney for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Defendant-Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 24, 1975No. 74-1592PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TONE, Circuit Judge.

Before us in this appeal is the constitutionality of a Milwaukee ordinance which prohibits female employees of “Class B” taverns from sitting with male patrons or from sitting or standing at or behind the bar. The District Court held the ordinance unconstitutional. We affirm the judgment.

In her complaint plaintiff alleges that she is by occupation an entertainer and that she was “charged with the offense of sitting with a male patron in violation of section 90-25 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances.” Naming as defendants the Milwaukee City Attorney, the state judge before…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. 19 Fair empl.prac.cas. 418, 19 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9188 Raymond E. Trafelet v. James R. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  3. Spitz v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1977
  4. Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  5. City of Miami Springs v. JJT, INC.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

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