Thomas WRIGHT, Jr., D.D.S., and Barbara B. Wright, Appellants,
v.
The SALISBURY CLUB, LTD., a Virginia Corporation; Thomas J. Hampton; Frank G. Dolezal; Knox W. Ramsey; W. Larry Wallace; Raymond R. Beasley; Richard L. Carleton; Frank N. Cowan; Albert J. Dean; John T. Doherty; Nancy Phillips; Jack Sawyer; Charles P. Williams, Each of Whom are sued individually and in their official capacity as Directors of the Salisbury Club, Ltd., Appellees.
UNITED STATES, Amicus Curiae.
National Club Association, Amicus Curiae.
Conference of Private Organizations, Amicus Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 4, 1980.
Decided September 29, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Allison W. Brown, Jr., Washington, D. C. (Arthur F. Samuel and Robert A. Pustilnik, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants.
James M. Minor, Jr., Richmond, Va. (Minor, Marshall, Forb & Batzli, P. C., Donald W. Lemons, Parker, Pollard, Brown, Froman & Lemons, Inc., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.
Carol E. Heckman, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter W. Barnett, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for The United States as amicus curiae.
Robert A. Yothers, Seattle, Wash., on brief, for Conference of Private Organizations as amicus curiae.
Thomas P. Ondeck, Baker & McKenzie, Washington, D. C., on brief, for National Club Association as amicus curiae.
Before WINTER and HALL, Circuit Judges, and KIDD, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, Thomas Wright and Barbara Wright,1 sued the Salisbury Club2 under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982 for denying them club membership because they are black. Although it found that the Wrights had been denied club membership because they were black, the district court denied them relief under § 1981, because it concluded that the Salisbury Club was a truly private...
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