Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recognized that new language could solve the problem [of alcohol on campus] just as effectively, without raising any of the legal problems," said a Senate aide who spoke on condition of anonymity...
...Supreme Court case New York State Club Association v. City of New York, New York City successfully contended that private all-male clubs served as places of business and should therefore be opened to women. This argument may provide another legal avenue for Schkolnick. But while it could be the foundation of a strong case, experts say it may well be more difficult to prove than assertions of the Fly Club's public nature...
...addition, the legal papers filed at MCAD say that Shilepsky, Messing and Rudavsky, Baker's firm, has received an unsolicited resume that highlights Fly Club affiliation in seeking employment. The document also says that former and current club members have said they discuss their club membership with prospective employers...
These statements are important to the legal tests Baker has set up in his brief, as he contends that the Fly Club members' associational rights would not be infringed upon if women were admitted to the club. "Where strangers participate in the relationship the association is not a private one, even if some private association occurs with in the setting...More importantly, the club allows nonmembers to participate in critical aspects of the relationship it contends is private...
...legal expert said that the bill apparentlystands on solid Constitutional ground. HarvardProfessor of Law Kathleen M. Sullivan compared theproposal to linking federal highway funds to statedrinking ages, a practice that has withstoodfederal court challenges...