Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.

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Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. is a landmark 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that Congress may prohibit all racial discrimination, private as well as public, in the sale or rental of property under 42 U.S.C. § 1982.

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instanceOf U.S. Supreme Court case
areaOfLaw civil rights law
constitutional law
housing discrimination law
argued April 1, 1968
citation 392 U.S. 409
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decided June 17, 1968
decisionDate 1968
dissentingJustice Hugo L. Black
John M. Harlan II
Tom C. Clark
docketNumber 645
effect confirmed that § 1982 applies to private as well as governmental discrimination
expanded federal power to combat private racial discrimination in housing
fullCaseName Jones et ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al.
holding 42 U.S.C. § 1982 bars all racial discrimination, private and public, in the sale or rental of property
Congress has power under the Thirteenth Amendment to determine what are the badges and incidents of slavery and to legislate against them
Congress may prohibit all racial discrimination, private as well as public, in the sale or rental of property under 42 U.S.C. § 1982
interprets Civil Rights Act of 1866 § 1
joinedByMajorityJustice Abe Fortas
Byron R. White
Earl Warren
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr.
William O. Douglas
jurisdiction federal question jurisdiction
languageOfOpinion English
legalIssue Congressional power to prohibit private racial discrimination in housing
interpretation of the Thirteenth Amendment enforcement power
scope of 42 U.S.C. § 1982
majorityOpinionBy Potter Stewart
page 409
petitioner Joseph Lee Jones
precedentFor application of federal civil rights statutes to private conduct
broad interpretation of Congressional enforcement powers under the Thirteenth Amendment
relatedCase Runyon v. McCrary
Shelley v. Kraemer
relatedTo Civil Rights Act of 1866
respondent Alfred H. Mayer Co.
statuteInterpreted 42 U.S.C. § 1982
subjectMatter sale of a home in a private subdivision in St. Louis County, Missouri
subsequentCitation frequently cited in fair housing and civil rights cases
topic badges and incidents of slavery
racial discrimination in housing
volume 392 U.S.

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Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. fullCaseName Jones et ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al.
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