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Goesaert v. Cleary, 335 U.S. 464 (1948)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Goesaert v. Cleary, 335 U.S. 464 (1948)
Goesaert v. Cleary No. 49 Argued November 19, 1948 Decided December 20, 1948 335 U.S. 464
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
Syllabus
Mich.Stat.Ann. (Cum.Supp. 1947) § 18.990(1), which in effect forbids any female to act as a bartender unless she be "the wife or daughter of the male owner" of a licensed liquor establishment, does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 465-467.
(a) The classification which Michigan has made as between wives and daughters of owners of liquor establishments and wives and daughters of nonowners is not without a reasonable basis. Pp. 465-467.
(b) Nor is the statute rendered unconstitutional because Michigan allows women to serve as waitresses where liquor is dispensed. P.467.
74 F.Supp. 735 affirmed.
A three-judge federal district court denied an injunction to restrain enforcement of Mich.Stat.Ann. (Cum.Supp. 1947) 18.990(1), in effect forbidding any female to act as a bartender unless she be "the wife or daughter of the male owner" of a licensed liquor establishment. 74 F.Supp. 735. On appeal to this Court, affirmed, p. 467.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Goesaert v. Cleary, 335 U.S. 464 (1948) in 335 U.S. 464 335 U.S. 465. Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=314W75W7UEAQZ6U.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Goesaert v. Cleary, 335 U.S. 464 (1948), in 335 U.S. 464, page 335 U.S. 465. Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=314W75W7UEAQZ6U.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Goesaert v. Cleary, 335 U.S. 464 (1948). cited in 1948, 335 U.S. 464, pp.335 U.S. 465. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=314W75W7UEAQZ6U.
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