Legal Opinion
American Baseball Club v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 10, 1933No. Appeal, 159PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
June 30, 1933:
Appellee, the owner of Shibe Park in Philadelphia, a stadium accommodating 30,000 persons, had scheduled some 77 baseball games for the season of 1932. An ordinance of the city enacted December 15, 1931, required those giving athletic contests or exhibitions at which an admission was charged to pay a license fee based upon a reasonable estimate of the number of policemen or firemen which, in the opinion of the director of public safety, would be necessary to protect the public safety at and on the premises at such contests or exhibitions, at the…
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