WALKER v. GRAND LODGE I.B.P.O. ELKS OF THE WORLD

Civ. A. No. 3975-56.

147 F.Supp. 162 (1957)

William H. WALKER, Plaintiff, v. The GRAND LODGE I.B.P.O. ELKS OF THE WORLD, a corporation, Robert H. Johnson, Grand Exalted Ruler, William C. Hueston, Grand Secretary, Perry B. Jackson, Treasurer, Hobson R. Reynolds, Grand Commissioner Civil Liberties, Charles P. McClane, Grand Director of Shrine and Public Relations, and George W. Lee, Grand Commissioner Education, Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

January 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tibbs, Windsor, Tyler & Harris, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Perry W. Howard, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


MORRIS, District Judge.

The complaint states that the plaintiff is a resident of the District of Columbia and a member of and the grand traveling auditor of the defendant fraternal order, which was incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey and does business "in its lodge organization and set-up" in the District of Columbia, that the individual defendants are officers of the order, and that the plaintiff represents others similarly situated. After reciting...

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