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WOMEN'S LIBERATION UNION OF RHODE ISLAND, INC. v. ISRAEL

Civ. A. No. 74-139.

379 F.Supp. 44 (1974)

WOMEN'S LIBERATION UNION OF RHODE ISLAND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard J. ISRAEL, Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island; and Deeb G. Sarkas, Liquor Control Administrator for the State of Rhode Island, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

July 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Fortunato, Jr., Pawtucket, R. I., for plaintiffs.

W. Slater Allen, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. of R. I., Providence, R. I., for defendants.

OPINION

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

The issue to be resolved in this litigation is whether § 3-8-5 R.I.G.L.1956 (1969 Reenactment) is facially unconstitutional in that it violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

On June 5, 1974 Doorley's Tap, in Providence, Rhode Island refused to serve alcoholic beverages to the named plaintiffs, all over 18 years of age and members of Women's Liberation Union of Rhode...

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