Legal Opinion
Paul J. Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1971No. 71-1325PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge:
This is an appeal from an order dismissing an action under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.) and 42 U.S.C. § 1982 by tenants of a large apartment complex challenging allegedly racially discriminatory practices of their landlord.
On August 18, 1970 plaintiffs-appellants, Paul J. Trafficante, a Caucasian, and Dorothy M. Carr, a Negro, filed a complaint alleging that defendant-appel-lee, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the owner of the Parkmerced Apartment complex, was engaging in racially discriminatory practices in the rental of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Barrows v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Muskrat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of BellwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Van Hoomissen v. Xerox CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1973
- Waters v. Heublein, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Marshall v. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 60District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1972
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