Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis

Appellee Irvis, a Negro (hereafter appellee), was refused service by appellant Moose Lodge, a local branch of the national fraternal organization located in Harrisburg, *165Pennsylvania. Appellee then brought this action under 42 U. S. C; § 1983 for injunctive relief in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He claimed that because the Pennsylvania liquor board had issued appellant Moose Lodge a private club license that authorized the sale of alcoholic beverages on its premises,, the refusal of service to him was “state action” for the purposes of the Equal…