Harold S. Golden and David Fincher v. Biscayne Bay Yacht Club

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs, Black and Jewish applicants for membership in defendant’s private Biscayne Bay Yacht Club brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981,1 1983 2 and 2000a3 alleging the Club discriminated on the basis of race and religion in their admission policies. The trial court4 found a pattern of discrimination had existed and that it was conducted “under color of law” because the Club leased bay bottom land from the city of Miami, Florida regulated by ordinances that expressly prohibited discrimination for race, religion or national origin5 *347upon which to…