Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.

Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968)
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Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968), is a United States Supreme Court case which held that Congress could regulate the sale of private property in order to prevent racial discrimination: "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." Warning: template has been deprecated.

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392 U.S. 409

Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.

Argued: April 1 and 2, 1968. --- Decided: June 17, 1968

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Samuel H. Liberman, St. Louis, Mo., for petitioners.

Israel Treiman, St. Louis, Mo., for respondents.

Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

Mr. Justice STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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