Jones v. Mayer

Jones v. Mayer

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Jones v. Mayer
ArgueDateA=April 1
ArgueDateB=2
ArgueYear=1968
DecideDate=June 17
DecideYear=1968
FullName=Joseph Lee Jones et ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al.
Citation=88 S. Ct. 2186; 20 L. Ed. 2d 1189; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2980; 1 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) P9832; 47 Ohio Op. 2d 43
USVol=392
USPage=409
Prior=Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Subsequent=
Holding=The Court held that Congress could regulate the sale of private property in order to prevent racial discrimination.
SCOTUS=1967-1969
Majority=Stewart
JoinMajority=Warren, Black, Douglas, Brennan, Fortas, Marshall
Concurrence=Douglas
Dissent=Harlan
JoinDissent=White
LawsApplied=UnitedStatesCode|42|1982

"Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.", 392 U.S. 409 (1968),ref|citation is a United States Supreme Court case which held that Congress could regulate the sale of private property in order to prevent racial discrimination: " [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct-cgi/get-usc-cite/42/1982 42 U.S.C. § 1982] bars all racial discrimination, private as well as public, in the sale or rental of property, and that the statute, thus construed, is a valid exercise of the power of Congress to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment."

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (passed by Congress over the veto of Andrew Johnson) provided the basis for this decision as embodied by [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct-cgi/get-usc-cite/42/1982 42 U.S.C. § 1982] .

Reversing many precedents, the Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibited both private and state-backed discrimination and that the 13th Amendment authorized Congress to prohibit private acts of discrimination as among "the badges and incidents of slavery." Congress possessed the power to "determine what are the badges and incidents of slavery, and the authority to translate that determination into effective legislation."

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 392

External links

*ussc|392|409|Text of the opinion from Findlaw.
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0392_0409_ZS.html Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968)] (full text with links to cited material)
* [http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/193/ Summary of case from OYEZ]

Other resources

*US Court Cases Vol 1


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