A federal court of appeals heard an argument on Wednesday in a case that will determine whether women can be topless in Ocean City, Maryland.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit heard arguments following a ruling from 2020 that upheld the law that men and not women could go topless.
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The ordinance is “not a regulation of sexual choices or behavior. This is a regulation of public nudity and whether it should still be defined as exposure of the female breast,” said Ocean City attorney Bruce Bright, according to WJZ-13.
The case began in 2017 when five women sued the town over the issue, and they argued the law discriminates against women.
“The equal protection clause is supposed to protect everybody,” said attorney Devon Jacob, adding that the law imposes “sexist ideologies of a very small group of people on the masses.”
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A woman getting caught topless, with the law in place, could net a $1,000 fine.
