Court of Appeals of Maryland· 3/8/1989

State v. Burning Tree Club, Inc.

Citations

554 A.2d 366
315 Md. 254
1989 Md. LEXIS 40

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holding that the burden of justifying gender classifications falls upon the State, and that the level of scrutiny to which the classifications are subject is \at least the same scrutiny as racial classifications\
\Nothing in the statute narrowly confines the permitted sex discrimination to [single-sex golf tournaments].\
“Nothing in the statute narrowly confines the permitted sex discrimination to [single-sex golf tournaments].”
“Under Maryland law, the doctrine of taxpayer standing is not as narrowly limited as it is under the law of some jurisdictions.”
“Plainly, under prior holdings of this Court, state action providing for segregation based upon sex, absent substantial justification, violates the E.R.A., just as segregation based upon race violates the Fourteenth Amendment.”
an action for declaratory and injunctive relief by an entity covered by a state statute, against state officials, challenging the validity of the statute on various state and federal constitutional grounds

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Judges: McAuliffe, Eldridge

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