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COALITION v. ANNAPOLIS LODGE

No. 94 September Term, 1992.

333 Md. 359 (1994)

635 A.2d 412

COALITION FOR OPEN DOORS ET AL. v. ANNAPOLIS LODGE NO. 622, BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis A. Bradley (James C. McKay, Covington & Burling, all on brief) Washington, DC and (Susan Goering, Deborah A. Jeon, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, all on brief) Baltimore, for appellant.

Ronald G. Dawson (Smith, Somerville and Case, both on brief) Baltimore, and (Robert A. Dietz, Dietz and Ebersberger, on brief) Annapolis, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired, specially assigned), JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The principal issue in this case is whether the City of Annapolis has authority to enact an ordinance which conditions the grant or renewal of a license for a private club to sell alcoholic beverages upon proof that the club not discriminate in its membership policies on the basis of race, gender, religion, physical handicap, or national origin. The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County held that, in enacting such an ordinance, the City of Annapolis...

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