4 Awarded $250 Each in Nightclub Bias Suit
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Four people who alleged that a fashionable downtown nightclub discriminated against them on the basis of appearance were each awarded $250 Wednesday.
Los Angeles Municipal Court Commissioner Diana Wheatley ruled in favor of Kenneth M. Lipton, Jeff Stolzer, Teresita Dubrall and Stephen Ambrosini, who challenged the way the Mayan club admits patrons, with a doorman who selects from a crowd milling in the street.
The plaintiffs, who said they were told they were inappropriately dressed, contended the Unruh Civil Rights Act protects them from arbitrary exclusion. Mayan attorney Larry Nagler said his client has no dress code and plans to appeal the decision to Superior Court.
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