Equal Access to Public Facilities & Recreation

How courts have reasoned

Verified passages where courts have addressed this issue. The citator badge reflects each case's overallsubsequent treatment by later courts — not doubt about the quoted passage — and any “N citing” figure is that case's global citation count, not specific to this issue.

• Watson v. City of Memphis373 U.S. 526 (1963)Caution · 280 citing

  Public parks and recreational facilities must be open to all on equal terms; access is a present right to be promptly fulfilled.

  373 U.S. at 526Verified passage
• Hawkins v. Town of Shaw461 F.2d 1171 (5th Cir. 1972) (en banc)Caution · 97 citing

  Recognizes the right of every citizen regardless of race to equal municipal services.

  461 F.2d at 1173Verified passage