No smoking ordinance may be applied to private club
Members of the Juneau-Douglas Aerie 4200 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles do not have a constitutional right to smoke in its social facilities and the application of a Juneau ordinance to prohibit smoking in private clubs is valid, the Supreme Court of Alaska has ruled. The ordinance does not violate either the First Amendment right to freedom of association under the U.S. Constitution or the right of privacy under the state Constitution.
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