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Discriminatory Membership Policies In Federally Chartered Nonprofit Corporations, Michigan Law Review
Discriminatory Membership Policies In Federally Chartered Nonprofit Corporations, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Since 1791 the United States has created federal corporations by specific acts of Congress. These corporations fall into three general types, including corporations organized in the District of Columbia, corporations that carry out a federal governmental or public function, and private nonprofit corporations that undertake educational, charitable, historical, cultural or similar purposes. About fifty groups comprise the third category, including the American National Red Cross, the Girl Scouts of America, the Boy Scouts of America, the United States Olympic Committee, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), and the Little League.
Recently, the discriminatory …