Reitman v. Mulkey

Reitman v. Mulkey
Argued March 20–21, 1967
Decided May 29, 1967
Full case nameReitman v. Mulkey
Citations387 U.S. 369 (more)
87 S. Ct. 1627; 18 L. Ed. 2d 830; 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1324
Case history
PriorMulkey v. Reitman, 64 Cal.2d 529, 50 Cal.Rptr. 881, 413 P.2d 825 (1966); cert. granted, 385 U.S. 967 (1966).
Holding
California Proposition 14 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Abe Fortas
Case opinions
MajorityWhite, joined by Warren, Brennan, Fortas, Douglas
ConcurrenceDouglas
DissentHarlan, joined by Black, Clark, Stewart
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Reitman v. Mulkey, 387 U.S. 369 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court decision that set an important legal precedent that held that a state could not authorize invidious discrimination by private landlords without entangling itself in the ensuing discriminatory private decisions. Thus, the state constitutional amendment by referendum purporting to authorize landlord freedom was unconstitutional.[1]

  1. ^ Reitman v. Mulkey, 387 U.S. 369 (1967).