(Download) "Wimbish v. Pinellas County" by United States Court Of Appeals Fifth Circuit. ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Wimbish v. Pinellas County
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
- Release Date : January 23, 1965
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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Defendant Pinellas County, Florida, leased certain of its undeveloped lands, which are adjacent to the County airport but not used for any part of the airport or for any other County purpose, to defendant Airco Golf, Inc., a Florida corporation. Defendant Airco Golf, Inc., as lessee, was obligated to use the premises only for a golf course, and it agreed to develop the property for that purpose and to construct, maintain and operate a regulation golf course thereon. The district court found that the plaintiffs were denied the right to play golf on the said golf course by the management solely because the plaintiffs were Negroes, while at the same time white persons have been permitted to play golf on the course. The primary question on appeal is whether the action of defendant Airco Golf, Inc., in denying the plaintiffs the use of the golf course, because of their race, is "state action" and thus prohibited by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The district court held that the operation of the golf course was not "state action" and dismissed the plaintiffs complaint, which requested an injunction enjoining the defendants from denying the plaintiffs and others similarly situated the right to use the golf course, solely on account of their race.
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