PATERSON TAV. & GRILL OWNERS ASSN., v. BOR. OF HAWTHORNE


57 N.J. 180 (1970)

270 A.2d 628

PATERSON TAVERN & GRILL OWNERS ASSN., INC., a NON-PROFIT CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THE BOROUGH OF HAWTHORNE, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Rosenberg argued the cause for appellants (Mr. George L. Garrison and Mr. Harold Goldman, on the brief).

Mr. Douglas C. Borchard, Jr. argued the cause for respondents (Messrs. Evans, Hand, Allabough & Amoresano, attorneys).


The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

The Appellate Division upheld a Hawthorne ordinance which prohibited licensed taverns in the Borough from employing female bartenders; the ordinance exempted female licensees tending their own bars as well as wives of male licensees. 108 N.J.Super. 433, 441 (1970). Plaintiffs, the Paterson Tavern & Grill Owners Assn., Inc. and...

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