Legal Opinion
Buffi v. Ferri
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 12, 1969No. 628-M.PPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoslin, J.
Angela Buffi complained to the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights (then known as the Commission Against Discrimination) that her landlord had evicted her because she was associating with a Negro. The landlord denied the charge. The Commission believed the complainant, decided that her rights under the Fair Housing Practices Act (G. L. 1956, chap. 37 of title 34) had been violated, and issued a cease and desist order. The landlord appealed, and the Superior Court reversed, holding that the eviction of a tenant because of association with a Negro was not proscribed by the Act. We granted…
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