Marina Point, Ltd. v. Wolfson

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.*

—In this case we must determine whether, under California law, an owner of an apartment complex may lawfully refuse to rent any of its apartments to a family solely because the family includes a minor child. In the landlord’s action to eject the family, the municipal court found, inter alia, that “[cjhildren are rowdier, noisier, more mischievous and more boisterous than adults,” and upheld the landlord’s policy of excluding all families with minor children. The tenants now appeal from the judgment in favor of the landlord, contending that the exclusionary policy violates…