Hess v. Fair Employment & Housing Commission

Opinion

MILLER, J.

Victor and Helen Hess appeal from a judgment denying their petition for writ of administrative mandamus, which sought to compel respon dent to set aside its decision holding that appellants unlawfully discriminated against real parties in interest.

Real parties in interest John Pryor and Debbie Rodgers reached an agreement to rent a duplex owned by appellants, and paid a deposit on the unit. The Hesses subsequently learned that Pryor and Rodgers are an unmarried couple, and refused to rent to them. Appellants admitted that they would have rented the unit to Piyor and Rodgers…