Saying times have changed, five women urge U.S. appeals court to overturn 30-year precedent and strike down Ocean City’s prohibition on women going topless.

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A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of Ocean City’s prohibition on women going topless while permitting men to go bare-chested in the Eastern Shore beach town, saying the gender-based ban is substantially related to the important governmental interest ...

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A group of women prohibited from going topless in Ocean City will appeal a federal judge’s decision upholding the Eastern Shore resort town’s statutory ban. Counsel for the women notified the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to ...

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A popular Maryland beach town can ban women from going topless in public, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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The female plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit over Ocean City's ban on female topless sunbathing are seeking an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of the ordinance.

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In our effort to eliminate wrongful discrimination, have we moved to a place where even a recognition of the differences between the sexes is deemed unlawful?

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