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Western Turf Ass’n v. Greenberg, 204 U.S. 359, 27 S.Ct. 384, 51 L.Ed. 520

Facts

The plaintiff in error, a California corporation and lessee of a race course, issued tickets for admission to the venue. Greenberg, having purchased a ticket, was admitted but subsequently ejected by police officers allegedly at the direction of the defendant. Greenberg sued for damages, resulting in a verdict against the association for $1,000, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of California.

The plaintiff in error is a corporation of California, and the lessee, in possession, of a race course kept as a place of public entertainment and amusement, and to which it was accustomed to issue tickets of admission. The defendant in error, Greenberg, purchased one of such tickets, and was admitted to the race course. After being admitted he was ejected from the premises against his will by police officers, acting, it was alleged in the complaint, by the direction of the defendant.

Issue

The main legal issue was whether the California statute regarding the admission of ticket holders to public amusement venues was constitutional under the 14th Amendment.

1. The record sufficiently shows that in the supreme court of the state the defendant questioned the validity of the statute in question under the 14th Amendment, in that it ‘seeks to abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States, and to deprive them of liberty and property without due process of law, and to deny to them, being within its jurisdiction, the equal protection of the laws.’

Rule

The court applied the principle that states have the police power to regulate public amusement venues, ensuring that ticket holders are granted admission unless they fall under specific exclusions outlined in the statute.

2. The supreme court of the state, in a previous decision between the same parties,— Greenberg v. Western Turf Asso. 140 Cal. 357, 360, 73 Pac. 1050, —held the statute to be constitutional as a valid regulation imposed by the state in its exercise of police power.

Analysis

The court found that the statute was a legitimate exercise of the state's police power, applicable to all entities operating public amusement venues. It determined that the statute did not violate the 14th Amendment as it provided equal protection to all ticket holders and did not infringe upon the rights of corporations as citizens.

The statute is only a regulation of places of public entertainment and amusement upon terms of equal and exact justice to everyone holding a ticket of admission, and who is not, at the time, under the influence of liquor, or boisterous in conduct, or of lewd and immoral character.

Conclusion

The court affirmed the judgment of the lower court, upholding the validity of the statute and the award of damages to Greenberg.

The judgment is affirmed.

Who won?

Greenberg prevailed in the case because the court upheld the statute that protects ticket holders from being denied entry, affirming the lower court's judgment against the race course association.

Greenberg prevailed in the case because the court upheld the statute that protects ticket holders from being denied entry.

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