Legal Opinion
Isbister v. Boys' Club of Santa Cruz, Inc.
California Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 1985No. S.F. 24623PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, J.
The Unruh Civil Rights Act (Civ. Code, § 51) guarantees every person in California “full and equal” access to “all business establishments of every kind whatsoever.”1 The Act is this state’s bulwark against arbitrary discrimination in places of public accommodation. Absent the principle it codifies, thousands of facilities in private ownership, but otherwise open to the public, would be free under state law to exclude people for invidious reasons like sex, religion, age, and even race. The *76Legislature’s desire to banish such practices from California’s community life has led…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- PruneYard Shopping Center v. RobinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Perez. v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by85 opinions
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- Smith v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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