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Unruh Civil Rights Act ( Cal. Civil Code § 51) Yeaw v. Boy Scouts of America was a high-profile case filed in 1997 before the Supreme Court of California [1] to determine whether the Boy Scouts of America is a business establishment within the meaning of the Unruh Civil Rights Act ( Civ. Code, § 51) or has the right to exclude girls from ...
The Golden Empire Council (GEC-BSA) is a California-based 501 (c) (3) nonprofit affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America and its Western Region, Area 4. The council serves a large section of Northern California, primarily the Sacramento Valley and the northern Sierra Nevada. Its boundaries range north to south from Redding to Elk Grove and ...
Shenandoah Area Council 598. 850. Massachusetts Bay Federated Council. Boston. Massachusetts. 1976. 1979. Merger of Boston Council, Cambridge Council, Minuteman Council and North Bay Council; dissolved and original councils reformed. 233.
In court filings dating back to 2009, the Boy Scouts of America, a New York boys & girls club and 13 separate Catholic institutions each have cited state laws extending abuse victims’ right to ...
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with 2.3 million youth members and approximately 889,000 adult volunteers in 2017. [1] In 1979 there were over 5 million youths in BSA. The high risk of sex abuse in volunteer youth organizations has been recognized, [2] and, in 1988, the BSA created ...
In 2018, the Girl Scouts of the United States of America filed a trademark infringement lawsuit. Girl Scouts feared the new language would cause confusion and further marginalize the group.
Amid the Boy Scouts of America’s complex bankruptcy case, there is worsening friction between the BSA and the major religious groups that help it run thousands of scout units. At issue: the ...
Background. Cub Scouting is a program of the Boy Scouts of America for boys under the age of 11. The daughter of Gregory J. Wrenn was denied admission to the Cub Scout pack where her twin brother was registered. Wrenn founded the National Council of Youthscouts in 2002 as a "non-discriminatory Scouting organization" and in July 2003 filed for ...