United States v. Trustees of the Fraternal Order of Eagles

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• finding that Eagles Club formal membership requirements were not selective in fact when, among other factors, the number of applications accepted were compared with the number of rejected applications
• noting further that club in one year turned down only three of over 1000 applicants and had 7000 to 8000 members at any one time
• denying summary judgment motion on the basis that a factual issue existed as to whether the Fraternal Order of Eagles is a private club and therefore exempt from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which excluded “a private club or other establishment not in fact open to the public.”
• “[T]he most important factor in determining whether a club is in fact private is the process which the club actually uses in selecting its members.”
• within one-year period, only three rejections out of 1,011 applications
• 2 member sponsorship & board approval requirements, membership committee

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