Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Baker's brief states that the Fly Club provides many services, ranging from business and professional contacts to serving meals and providing campus social life...
...brief states," A club which receives any significant portion of its funds from nonmembers cannot claim to be private." The complainants' repsonse contends that graduate contributions are "substantially similar" to the amount of membership dues in one year. The document estimates total membership dues at $27,000 to $35,100 for 1988 and non-member--graduate--contributions...
...still, Baker's brief contends that the graduate-controlled governing body changes the nature of the club's status. In particular, the document says that even if the members of the club decided to admit women, its trustees could prevent...
...brief also takes issue with the way in which the Fly Club describes its membership process. The club has claimed its "punching season" is more selective than it actually is, the Baker document says. Specifically, it says that former club president Huschle has said some members are admitted to the Fly without sponsorship of a current undergraduate member, and some sponsers do not even know their candidate. Huschle also has said that students can become members without attending an event at the club, according to the brief...
These statements are important to the legal tests Baker has set up in his brief, as he contends that the Fly Club members' associational rights would not be infringed upon if women were admitted to the club. "Where strangers participate in the relationship the association is not a private one, even if some private association occurs with in the setting...More importantly, the club allows nonmembers to participate in critical aspects of the relationship it contends is private...