The opportunity for every individual to have equal access to places of public accommodation without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin is recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 4591
Equal access to public accommodations
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Dudley v. Hannaford Bros. (2003)
Most recently applied in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (June 2023)
PL 1971, c. 501, §1 (NEW)
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Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.