Can a store or a restaurant ban en entire groupe of people ?
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Can a store or a restaurant ban en entire groupe of people ?
The white moose cafe in Dublin banned all bloggers and Any vegans from entering the cafe. Is there any law that gives him the right to ban an entire groupe of people because of their job or their eating habits even if these people as individual never did anything wrong to the business ?
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Asked on January 26, 2018 under Business Law, Alaska
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Legally actionable discrimination has to do with a person receiving lesser treatment based on their race, religion, nationality, age (over 40), gender, disability, or the like. There is, however, no protected class due to a person's employment or eating habits (unless due to disabiltiy, religion, etc.). Otherwise, a ban such as you have described is legal.
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