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UNITED STATES JAYCEES v. RICHARDET

Nos. 5889, 5890.

666 P.2d 1008 (1983)

The UNITED STATES JAYCEES, Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Lillian RICHARDET, Lynda M. Berghe, Julie Ann Latuska, D.J. Corey and Terry Alexander, Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.G. Berry, Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley, Anchorage, Carl D. Hall, Jr., Tulsa, Okl., for appellant, cross-appellee.

Danielle E. deBenedictis, Leonard M. Singer, Robert S. Brintz, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., Michael W. Flanigan, Clark, Walther & Flanigan, Judith J. Bazeley, Bazeley & Harrington, Anchorage, for appellees, cross-appellants.

Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Carolyn E. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, for amicus curiae Alaska State Com'n for Human Rights.

Robert A. Yothers, Seattle, Wash., Robert L. Eastaugh, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Reitman & Brubaker, Inc., Anchorage, for amicus curiae Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Before RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and COMPTON, JJ., and CARLSON, Superior Court Judge.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Lillian Richardet, as representative of a female class, filed suit challenging the membership policies of the Jaycees organization. Richardet contended that the organization's by-laws excluding women from full membership violated article 1, sections 1 and 3 of the Alaska Constitution1 and the Alaska Public Accomodations Statute, AS 18.80.230.2 The superior court rejected...

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