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Legal Citation: 392 U.S. 409 (1968)

Petitioner
Joseph Lee Jones

Respondent
Alfred H. Mayer Co., a housing development company

Petitioner's Claim
That the respondent's refusal to sell him a home strictly because he was black was in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Samuel H. Liberman

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Israel Treiman

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart (writing for the Court), Earl Warren

Justices Dissenting
John Marshall Harlan II, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
17 June 1968

Decision
That the petitioner was entitled to redress under the civil rights law in question.