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.
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...