PITTSBURGH PRESS CLUB v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 73-1051.

426 F.Supp. 553 (1977)

PITTSBURGH PRESS CLUB, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

February 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blair A. Griffith, U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Thomas R. Jones, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

Leonard M. Mendelson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.


OPINION

DUMBAULD, District Judge.

At the original trial, this Court rejected both of the Government's contentions: (1) that the club's dues structure produced "net earnings" inuring to the benefit of regular members; and (2) that the volume of meals and drinks consumed by non-members on the club premises is so great that the club is engaged in a lucrative restaurant business open to the general public, and thus is no longer being operated exclusively "for...

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