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CORNELIUS v. BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS

Civ. No. 15150.

382 F.Supp. 1182 (1974)

Louis CORNELIUS, Jr., and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. The BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF the ELKS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

August 2, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Igor I. Sikorsky, Jr., Hartford, Conn., for plaintiff.

Robert K. Killian, Atty. Gen., Richard K. Greenberg, John M. Dunham, Ralph G. Murphy, Asst. Attys. Gen., Hartford, Conn., James F. Brennan, Jr., Thomas B. Wilson, New London, Conn., Raymond J. Cannon, Richard M. Sheridan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Hartford, Conn., Frederick Bernays Wiener, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Before SMITH, Circuit Judge, and BLUMENFELD and NEWMAN, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

BLUMENFELD, District Judge:

On June 10, 1971, Henry O'Reilly, a member of Groton Lodge No. 2163 of the Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks (B.P.O.E.), filed an application for membership in the Groton Lodge on behalf of Louis Cornelius, Jr. Normally, such a solicitation of fraternal friendship would not give rise to a federal question, but the defendant Groton Elks have admitted that this particular application was not even considered...

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