42 U.S.C. § 1982
Property rights of citizens
All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1,451
cases (277 in the last 5 years), 1957–2026 · leading case: Xiangyuan (Sue) Zhu v. Countrywide Realty, Co.
Xiangyuan (Sue) Zhu v. Countrywide Realty, Co. (2001)
“, and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1982 and 1983. This matter comes before the Court on defendants’ Motion To Strike Plaintiffs Amended Complaint, Or In The Alternative, Motion To Dismiss (Doc.”
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968)
“In this case we are called upon to determine the scope and the constitutionality of an Act of Congress, 42 U. S. C. § 1982 , which provides that: "All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof…”
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education (2005)
“§ 1978, 42 U.S.C. § 1982 , which provides that "[a]ll citizens of the United States shall have the same right .”
Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood (1979)
“In the case now before us, respondentsthe village of Bellwood, five of its residents, and one resident of a neighboring communitybrought suit against petitioner real estate firms, alleging that the firms had violated both 42 U. S. C. § 1982 and § 804 of Title VIII by…”
City of Memphis v. Greene (1981)
“§ 1978, 42 U. S. C. § 1982 , or the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
Runyon v. McCrary (1976)
“*170 In Jones the Court held that the portion of § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 presently codified as 42 U. S. C. § 1982 prohibits private racial discrimination in the sale or rental of real or personal property.”
Inclusive Cmtys. Project, Inc. v. Lincoln Prop. Co. (2019)
“§ 3604 (a) and 42 U.S.C. § 1982 by declining to participate in the federal "Section 8" Housing Choice Voucher Program.”
Gomez-Perez v. Potter (2008)
“§ 1978, 42 U. S. C. § 1982 , which provides that “[a]ll citizens of the United States shall have the same right .”
Antonio v. SECURITY SERVICES OF AMERICA, LLC (2010)
“Plaintiffs allege all Defendants violated the Fair Housing Act (Count I), Maryland Fair Housing Law (Count II), 2 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Count III), 42 U.S.C. § 1985 (3) (Count IV), and brought claims of tortious interference with contract (Count IX) and intentional infliction of…”
Joe Houston v. Marod Supermarkets, Inc. (2013)
“at 1483-84 . Although Watts never intended to actually rent an apartment from the defendant, 14 Case: 12-15403 Date Filed: 11/01/2013 Page: 15 of 43 she inquired about the availability of apartments in the defendant’s complex in June of 1982.”
Cannon v. University of Chicago (1979)
“Having concluded that 42 U. S. C. § 1982 prohibited private as well as public racial discrimination in the sale or lease of property, the Court had little choice but to hold that aggrieved individuals could enforce this prohibition, for there existed no other remedy to redress…”
Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman (1982)
“The complaint also alleged violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U. S. C. § 1982 . Since the judgment of the Court of Appeals did not rest on a violation of § 1982, we have no occasion to consider the applicability of that statute.”
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