· 8/25/1987
Durham v. Red Lake Fishing & Hunting Club, Inc.
Citations
- 666 F. Supp. 954
- 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7725
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- discussing, “in order of relative importance, . . . (1) the extent membership is genuinely selective on some reasonable basis; (2) measure of control the members have over the operations of the establishment; (3) manner in which the membership corporation was created; (4
- club which had only turned down two white applicants for membership was not selective and was not private club
- “a ‘truly private club’ ... does have the right to discriminate against potential members based on race; but clearly the only criteria for selection cannot be that one be white
- only two whites rejected in fifty years
- recreational membership club was place of public accommodation
- Club’s roads open to public
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Judges: Smith
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