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Civil rights Keyed to Jeffries, 5th Ed.
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
Citation:
392 U.S. 409, 88 S. Ct. 2186, 20 L. Ed. 2D 1189 (1968)Facts
In September 1965, Joseph Lee Jones and his wife attempted to purchase a home in the Paddock Woods community in St. Louis County, Missouri, developed by the Alfred H. Mayer Company. The developer refused to sell them a home solely because Mr. Jones was African American. The Joneses filed a complaint in federal district court seeking injunctive and other relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1982, which guarantees all citizens the same property rights as white citizens. The district court dismissed their complaint, and the Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that § 1982 only prohibited discrimination by state action, not private refusals to sell. The case reached the Supreme Court as Congress was considering the Fair Housing Act of 1968, which would later provide more comprehensive housing discrimination protections but would not apply retroactively to the Joneses’ situation.
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