Legal Opinion

Freeport Country Club v. The United States of America

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 9, 1970No. 17805_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRANT, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a District Court’s order sustaining defendant’s motion for summary judgment, denying plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint. The question presented by this appeal is whether the amount (up to $10) actually spent for food at the Freeport Country Club (herein referred to as the Club), under a plan in which the Club required its members to spend at least $10 per month in the Club cafe or be assessed for the difference between the $10 and the amount spent in the Club cafe, constitute “dues” within the meaning of § 4242(a)…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Maryland Casualty Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  2. White v. Winchester Country ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Fleming v. ReineckeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1931
  4. Garden City Golf Club v. CorwinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  5. United States v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. William A. Cook and Gayle T. Cook v. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  2. Potowomut Golf Club, Inc. v. NorbergSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1975
  3. Alpine Country Club v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
  4. Cook, William A. v. CIRCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001

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