PEPPIN v. WOODSIDE DELICATESSEN

No. 527, September Term, 1985.

67 Md. App. 39 (1986)

506 A.2d 263

RICHARD J. PEPPIN v. WOODSIDE DELICATESSEN.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

April 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan S. Meier, Washington, D.C. (Wendy L. Kahn and Zwerdling, Leibig & Kahn, on brief), Bethesda, for appellant.

No brief or appearance by appellee's counsel.

Argued before WILNER, WEANT and GARRITY, JJ.


GARRITY, Judge.

The business promotion, which is the subject of this appeal, granted discounts on dinners served to a person wearing either a skirt or a gown. Against this superficially humorous backdrop, we must decide whether this seemingly innocuous business practice constitutes unlawful discrimination within the meaning of a county ordinance.

Our focus will be directed to the Montgomery County Code, Human Relations Law, § 27-9. That section provides...

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