Legal Opinion
Mendota Apartments v. District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 4, 1974No. 6924PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired:
This case arose out of a complaint filed on September 28, 1970, by Emma J. Bridges with the D.C. Human Relations Commission (now the D.C. Office of Human Rights) 1 charging the Mendota Apartments, Inc., its president, Mr. Charles E. Shelton, and its Board of Directors with having engaged in an unlawful discriminatory practice in violation of District of Columbia Police Regulations, Art. 45, § 3(a) (as amended September 28, 1967) by refusing to lease an apartment to her because she is a Negro. That regulation prohibits any person, for reasons of race, color,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- County Council v. Investors Funding Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- Zahorian v. Russell Fitt Real Estate AgencySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington, D.C. v. Walter E. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Human Rights Commission v. Cheney School District No. 30Washington Supreme Court · 1982
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- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. ZamantakisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- La Petite Auberge, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human RightsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
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