Legal Opinion
Adams v. Fazzio Real Estate Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided May 9, 1967No. Civ. A. 67-467PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge.
The plaintiff contends that the defendants have denied him the right to bowl in their bowling alley and that this deprives him of rights granted him by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 1 The central issue is whether a bowling alley in which a snack bar is located is a public accommodation within the meaning of the Act. The resolution of this issue turns solely on the interpretation of the statute.
Section 201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 declares that all persons are entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of any place of public accommodation as defined in that section.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Simler v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gooch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States v. Medical Society of South CarolinaDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1969
- United States v. Lansdowne Swim ClubDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- United States v. Jack P. InscoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. James F. Reddoch and Thomas M. Taylor, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Beach Associates, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1968
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