· 12/13/1976
Leib v. Twentieth Century Corp.
Citations
- 429 U.S. 1020
- 97 S. Ct. 635
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the statute, “in listing several specific physical facilities, sheds light on the meaning of ‘other place of ... entertainment’”
- holding that a club’s nonprofit status supports the conclusion that the club is private
- holding that the Boy Scouts of America was not subject to Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000a(a)-(b) (1988)) because it was a membership organization that was not closely connected to a specific physical facility
- holding that the Boy Scouts of America was not subject to Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000a(a)-(b) (1988)) because it was a membership organization that was not closely connected to a specific physical facility
- rejecting the argument that “places of public accommodation” include membership organizations lacking a close connection to a specific facility
- refusing to adopt Little League interpretation of “place” (of accommodation)
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