Legal Opinion
Joseph L. Dombrowski v. Jack Dowling and Arthur Rubloff & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 1972No. 71-1147PublishedCited by 272 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
The outcome of this litigation depends on three critical issues: (1) whether obnoxious discrimination by a private business is proscribed by § 2 of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 1 ; (2) whether the Brunswick Building is a “public accommodation” within the meaning of § 201(b) (4) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2 ; and (3) whether defendants refused to rent space in that building to plaintiff because of the race of a large portion of his clientele. To place the issues in proper focus, the proceedings in the district court must be described.
Plaintiff is a white lawyer with…
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- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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