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HUDSON v. NIXON

Docket No. S.F. 20913.

57 Cal.2d 482 (1962)

370 P.2d 324

20 Cal. Rptr. 620

CHARLES R. HUDSON et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. MURRAY F. NIXON et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 26, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lackman and Lackman, Samuel Lackman and Lawrence H. Lackman for Defendants and Appellants.

Kane and Canelo, Thomas J. Kane, Jr., Adolph B. Canelo III and Martin J. Rosen for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

GIBSON, C.J.

The trial court found that defendants, husband and wife, owners of various housing and rental units known as the Nixon Apartments, refused, in January 1960, to rent one of the units to plaintiffs, who are Negroes, solely because of their color and race. It was stipulated that the property constituted publicly assisted housing accommodations within the meaning of the Hawkins Act. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 35700-35741, added in 1959.) Defendants...

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