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Supreme Court holds that 42 U.S.C. 1982 bars private racial discrimination in property transactions in Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
In Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., the Supreme Court held that 42 U.S.C. 1982 bars private as well as public racial discrimination in the sale and rental of property, and that Congress had authority under the Thirteenth Amendment to reach such conduct.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Courts / Housing / Civil Rights
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In Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., the Supreme Court held that 42 U.S.C. 1982 bars private as well as public racial discrimination in the sale and rental of property, and that Congress had authority under the Thirteenth Amendment to reach such conduct.
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