O'Meara v. Washington State Board Against Discrimination

*794Foster, J.

This is an appeal by the Washington State Board Against Discrimination from a final judgment holding null and void an order of the appellant requiring John J. O’Meara and his wife to sell their home to the intervenor,' Robert L. Jones, who is a Negro.

The constitutionality of the 1957 amendment to the law against discrimination is presented. Laws of 1957, chapter 37, § 3, p. 108, RCW 49.60.030, declares freedom from discrimination on account of race, creed or national origin to be a civil right and that it shall include the right to secure publicly-assisted housing without…