Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Miami Police Benevolent Ass'n v. Adams
Miami Police Benevolent Ass'n v. Adams, 409 U.S. 843 (1972)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1972-10-10
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- an association held subject to anti-discrimination law based on connection to city’s police department, a non-exempt body
- because of several factors, including membership by a large percentage of police officers and regular solicitation of new members by fellow officers on the job, association is subject to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for race discrimination.
Citator
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.