Elks Lodges No. 719 v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

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• holding that the Elks Lodges could not continue discriminating against women based on the First Amendment right of association because as liquor licensees, they were acting in the public, not the private sphere
• noting that intermediate deference will be given if legislature has expressly or impliedly given discretion to apply or interpret that law but if no explicit grant of discretion by legislature, issues of statutory construction are reviewed for correctness
• explaining First Amendment right to free association

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