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|court=Supreme Court of the United States | |court=Supreme Court of the United States | ||
|date=June 17, 1968 | |date=June 17, 1968 | ||
|subject=Constitutional Law | |||
|appealed_from=8th Circuit | |appealed_from=8th Circuit | ||
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|facts=Alfred H. Mayer Co. ("the Company") is a private residential developer. The company refused to sell a home to Jones, an African-American man, in St. Louis, Missouri. | |facts=Alfred H. Mayer Co. ("the Company") is a private residential developer. The company refused to sell a home to Jones, an African-American man, in St. Louis, Missouri. | ||
|procedural_history=Jones loses in the US federal district court in Missouri. | |procedural_history=Jones loses in the US federal district court in Missouri. | ||
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|issues=SCOTUS must consider if the Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits ''private'' discrimination on the basis of race in the sale of private property. | |issues=SCOTUS must consider if the Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits ''private'' discrimination on the basis of race in the sale of private property. | ||
|holding=The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits racial discrimination in the sale, lease, or inheritance of private property. | |holding=The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits racial discrimination in the sale, lease, or inheritance of private property. | ||
Potter Stewart wrote that the [[Constitution_of_the_United_States#13th_Amendment_.28Banning_slavery.29:_2_Sections|13th Amendment]] authorized [[Congress]] to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866. | |||
|judgment=The Civil Rights Cases (1883) are overturned. | |judgment=The Civil Rights Cases (1883) are overturned. | ||
|comments=*[[The Civil Rights Cases]] | |reasons=SCOTUS was wrong to invalidate the Civil Rights Act of 1866 in the Civil Rights Cases (1883) , according to Potter Stewart. | ||
|comments=Harlan II dissented stating that the historical context of the '''Civil Rights Act of 1866''' made it clear that the Act was intended to prohibit state-sanctioned racial discrimination. | |||
*[[The Civil Rights Cases]] | |||
|case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link | |||
|link=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/392/409 | |||
|case_text_source=Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School | |||
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Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. | |
Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
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Citation | |
Date decided | June 17, 1968 |
Appealed from | 8th Circuit |
Overturned | The Civil Rights Cases |
Facts
Alfred H. Mayer Co. ("the Company") is a private residential developer. The company refused to sell a home to Jones, an African-American man, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Procedural History
Jones loses in the US federal district court in Missouri.
Jones loses in the Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals held that the law applied to state governmental action. Private discrimination is not subject to government interference even though private discrimination isn't laudable.Issues
SCOTUS must consider if the Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits private discrimination on the basis of race in the sale of private property.
Holding
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits racial discrimination in the sale, lease, or inheritance of private property.
Potter Stewart wrote that the 13th Amendment authorized Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866.Judgment
The Civil Rights Cases (1883) are overturned.
Reasons
SCOTUS was wrong to invalidate the Civil Rights Act of 1866 in the Civil Rights Cases (1883) , according to Potter Stewart.
Comments
Harlan II dissented stating that the historical context of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 made it clear that the Act was intended to prohibit state-sanctioned racial discrimination.