Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.

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Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968), is a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Congress could regulate the sale of private property 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 ."

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**Jones v. Mayer **

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (passed by Congress over the veto of Andrew Johnson ) provided the basis for this decision as embodied by 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."

Contents

• 1 See also

• 2 References

• 3 Further reading

• 4 External links

See also

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• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 392

• _Shelley v. Kraemer _ (1948), private landowners racial discrimination case

References

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1. ↑ "Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. 392 U.S. 409 (1968)" . Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. Retrieved October 22, 2015. Syllabus: "[T]he badges and incidents of slavery that the Thirteenth Amendment empowered Congress to eliminate included restraints upon those fundamental rights which are the essence of civil freedom, namely, the same right... to inherit, purchase, lease, sell and convey property, as is enjoyed by white citizens. _Civil Rights Cases _, 09 U.S. 3, 22. Insofar as Hodges v. United States, 203 U.S. 1, suggests a contrary holding, it is overruled." Footnote 78: "[W]e note that the entire Court [in the Civil Rights Cases; content added] agreed upon at least one proposition: the Thirteenth Amendment authorizes Congress not only to outlaw all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude, but also to eradicate the last vestiges and incidents of a society half slave and half free by securing to all citizens, of every race and color, the same right to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to inherit, purchase, lease, sell and convey property, as is enjoyed by white citizens.... The conclusion of the majority in Hodges rested upon a concept of congressional power under the Thirteenth Amendment irreconcilable with the position taken by every member of this Court in the Civil Rights Cases and incompatible with the history and purpose of the Amendment itself. Insofar as Hodges is inconsistent with our holding today, it is hereby overruled."

Further reading

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• Greene, Jamal (November 2012). "Thirteenth Amendment optimism" . _Columbia Law Review _. 112 (7). Columbia Law School : 1733–1768. JSTOR  41708163 . Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Pdf.

External links

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• **^ ** Text of Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968) is available from: Cornell CourtListener Findlaw Internet Archive (docket files) Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio) vLex

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