BARROWS v. JACKSON

Docket No. 18717.

112 Cal.App.2d 534 (1952)

247 P.2d 99

OLIVE B. BARROWS et al., Appellants, v. LEOLA JACKSON, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

August 6, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Miles and J. Wallace McKnight for Appellants.

John W. Preston as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Sims & Wallbert and Loren Miller for Respondent.

Rosalind Goodrich Bates, George E. Bodle, James Landye, Basil Feinberg, Saburo Kido, Fred Okrand, Everette Porter, A.L. Wirin, Abraham Gorenfeld, and David Ziskind as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


VALLEE, J.

This appeal presents the question whether the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States forbids the maintenance in a state court of an action for damages for the alleged breach of a covenant prohibiting the use or occupancy of real property by non-Caucasians. Defendant's demurrer to the complaint was sustained without leave to amend. Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment which followed.

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