>FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, TENINO AERIE NO. 564 v. GRAND AERIE OF FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES

No. 71786-9.

59 P.3d 655 (2002)

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, TENINO AERIE NO. 564; Kathleen L. Conner; Lanette Davis; Julia A. Foster; Gayle L. Hartman; Kaycee L. Johnson; Annette M. Riley; Diane E. Roberts; Janet Tresenriter; Alice F. Vasser; and Whidbey Island Aerie No. 3418, Petitioners, v. GRAND AERIE OF FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, and Washington State Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles Washington State Aerie, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided December 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Daszkiewicz, Maryln Hawkins, Seattle, for Petitioners.

John Widell, Seattle, for Respondents.

Bruce Johnson, Jeffrey Fisher, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Conference of Private Organizations.

Vanessa Power, Margarita Latsinova, Seattle, Terry Fromson, David Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Women's Law Project.

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Maureen Hart, Jeffrey Even, Asst. Attorneys General, Olympia, Amicus Curiae on behalf of WA State Human Rights Commission.


SMITH, J.

Petitioners, two local chapters of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Tenino and Whidbey Island Aeries, and several female members of the Tenino Aerie, ask this court to review a decision of the Court of Appeals, Division Two, which reversed a ruling of the Thurston County Superior Court that the male-only membership policy of the Grand Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles barring admission of new female applicants...

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