Legal Opinion
Wesley v. City of Savannah, Georgia
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided January 9, 1969No. Civ. A. 2377PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER OF COURT
LAWRENCE, District Judge.
Does an amateur golf tournament played for the city championship on a municipally-owned course transgress the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 where the sponsor, a private golf association, limits entries in the event to its own membership and restricts same to the white race?
Two days before the start of the fifty-four hole annual tournament held over Labor Day weekend in 1968 this action was brought by several Negroes to enjoin Savannah Golf Association, the City of Savannah, Bacon Park Commission, the Lessee of the course and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Holmes v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Frank Hampton v. City of Jacksonville, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Miller v. Amusement Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Nesmith v. Young Men's Christian Association Of RaleighCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Welsh v. Boy Scouts of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States Jaycees v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Smith v. Young Men's Christian Ass'n of Montgomery, Inc.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1970
- Murray Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Association, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Georgia Theresa Gilmore v. City of MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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