CRAIG v. BOREN

No. 75-628.

429 U.S. 190 (1976)

CRAIG ET AL. v. BOREN, GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick P. Gilbert argued the cause and filed briefs for appellants.

James H. Gray, Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Larry Derryberry, Attorney General.*


MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The interaction of two sections of an Oklahoma statute, Okla. Stat., Tit. 37, §§ 241 and 245 (1958 and Supp. 1976),1 prohibits the sale of "nonintoxicating" 3.2% beer to males under the age of 21 and to females under the age of 18. The question to be decided is whether such a gender-based differential constitutes a denial to males...

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