A Manhattan lawyer who claims ladies’ nights at Big Apple hot spots discriminate against men is demanding the judge hearing the case step aside on the grounds she’s sexually biased.
It appears unlikely that attorney Roy Den Hollander will win, because Manhattan federal Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum denied the request when he made it orally at a hearing Oct. 3.
But, undaunted, the lawyer is soldiering on. He has filed the motion in writing. Cedarbaum has yet to rule.
In July, Den Hollander filed a class-action suit against some of the Apple’s best-known clubs, including Copacabana, China Club, Lotus and Sol, claiming they discriminate against men with their ladies’ nights.
By offering lower – or no – admission fees, the clubs violate the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection under the law, he says.
Among club bosses, insiders say, there was a strong feeling the suit was ridiculous.