This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Litigation

Aug. 2, 2003

Scouts' Lease

SAN DIEGO - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the city of San Diego's $1-per-year lease of public parkland to the Boy Scouts violates the federal and state constitutions.

        SAN DIEGO - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the city of San Diego's $1-per-year lease of public parkland to the Boy Scouts violates the federal and state constitutions.
        U.S. District Judge Napoleon A. Jones Jr. wrote in a 36-page-ruling that the city violated its own anti-bias policy by giving the Scouts the lease, despite the organization's discriminatory practices. The gro...

To continue reading, please subscribe.

Already a subscriber?

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)