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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Runyon v. McCrary → relatedCase → Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. ⓘ
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. → fullCaseName → Jones et ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al. ⓘ
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