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HUMAN RIGHTS COM'N v. LE CLUB CALUMET

609 A.2d 285 (1992)

MAINE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION and Nancy Ellis v. LE CLUB CALUMET.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Weisberger (orally), Gasink & Weisberger, Augusta, for Ellis.

John E. Carnes (orally), Maine Human Rights Com'n, Augusta, for Me. Human Rights Com'n.

Christopher B. Branson, Murray, Plumb & Murray, Portland, for amicus curiae Maine Civ. Liberties Union.

David G. Webbert, Valerie Stanfill (orally), Berman & Simmons, Lewiston, Norman C. Bourget, Bourget & Bourget, Augusta, for Le Club Calumet.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and COLLINS, JJ.

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Defendant Le Club Calumet appeals from the entry of summary judgment in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Delahanty, C.J.) enjoining it from discriminating against women in its membership selection process. Le Club Calumet challenges the Superior Court's finding that it is a "place of public accommodation" under 5 M.R.S.A. § 4553(8) and therefore subject to the antidiscrimination provisions of the Maine Human Rights Act. Because...

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