SCOTT v. YOUNG

No. 13814.

421 F.2d 143 (1970)

Ada M. SCOTT, for herself, for her daughter, Jacquelynne A. Scott, an infant, and for others similarly situated, Appellees, United States of America, by Ramsey Clark, Attorney General, Intervenor, v. Joseph S. YOUNG, d/b/a Timberlake, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaRue Van Meter, Falls Church, Va., for appellant.

John Bleveans, Attorney, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice (Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., David L. Norman, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Justice, and Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for intervenor United States of America.

Allison W. Brown, Jr., Washington, D. C. (Robert M. Alexander, Arlington, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.

Timberlake is a privately owned recreational facility in Fairfax County, Virginia, that is open to the white public upon payment of an admission fee, but excludes blacks and other non-whites.

It covers about 23 acres and encompasses two lakes for swimming, diving, canoeing, fishing, sunbathing and picnicking. There are several floats or rafts in the lakes. Canoes, inner tubes, umbrellas and picnic tables may be rented. No food or beverage...

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