ROTARY CLUB OF DUARTE v. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Docket No. B001663.

178 Cal.App.3d 1035 (1986)

224 Cal. Rptr. 213

ROTARY CLUB OF DUARTE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

March 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carol Agate, Sanford K. Smith and Fred Okrand for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Carol S. Boyk, Evelyn Balderman Hutt, Lorraine L. Loder, Susan Schwartz and Blanch Bersch as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Darling, Hall & Rae and Wm. John Kennedy for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

McCLOSKY, J.

Incredibly, 14 years before the start of the 21st century and 210 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence we still find ourselves having to write an opinion defending the right of American women to equal opportunity in a secular organization of approximately 20,000 clubs with more than 900,000 members.

Specifically, we are called upon to decide whether the Board of Directors of Rotary...

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