YANES v. OC FOOD & BEVERAGE LLC

Case No. 5D19-1853.

300 So.3d 798 (2020)

Anita YANES and Brittney Smith, Appellants, v. OC FOOD & BEVERAGE LLC., d/b/a Rachel's and West Palm Beach Food and Beverage LLC., d/b/a Rachel's Adult Entertainment and Steak House, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew W. Dietz , of Disability Independence Group, Inc., Miami, for Appellants.

Jeffrey Newton , County Attorney and Elaine Marquardt Asad , Orange County Attorney's Office, Orlando, and Raul J. Aguila , City Attorney, City of Miami Beach, and Robert F. Rosenwald, Jr. , First Assistant City Attorney, and Faroat I. Andasheva , Assistant City Attorney, Miami Beach, Amici Curiae, for Appellants.

Diana L. Martin , of Cohen Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, and Lindsay Nako , Berkeley, California, and Julie Wilensky , National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Franciso, California, Amici Curiae, for Appellants.

Steven G. Mason , of Steven G. Mason, P.A., Altamonte Springs, for Appellees.


Anita Yanes and Brittney Smith ("Appellants") appeal an order dismissing their complaint for sexual discrimination against an adult entertainment nightclub ("Rachel's"). Appellants alleged that Rachel's denied them access to a public accommodation based on their sex, in violation of Orange County Ordinance 22-42, when it refused them...

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