OREGON STATE ELKS ASSN. v. FALKENSTEIN

No. A-552 (72-640).

409 U.S. 1032 (1972)

OREGON STATE ELKS ASSN. ET AL. v. FALKENSTEIN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 4, 1972.


Application for stay of judgment presented to MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.

A three-judge court has declared Oregon's tax exemption to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks unconstitutional because the Elks Lodge in question practices racial discrimination in membership selection. The Elks Lodge seeks to have the judgment of the three-judge court stayed pending its appeal to this Court...

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