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BUFFI v. FERRI

No. 628-M.P.

259 A.2d 847 (1969)

Angela BUFFI v. John G. FERRI.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert F. DeSimone, Atty. Gen., Charles G. Edwards, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights.

Milton Stanzler, Philip Weinstein, Richard W. Zacks, Prividence, for amicus curiae, Rhode Island Affiliate of American Civil Liberties Union.

H. Seymour Wiley, Providence, for amicus curiae, Equal Opportunities Group, Chandler W. Johnson, John R. Kellam, Frederick M. Clark, Jr., Rev. E. McKinnon White,

Vincent A. Ragosta, Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

JOSLIN, Justice.

Angela Buffi complained to the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights (then known as the Commission Against Discrimination) that her landlord had evicted her because she was associating with a Negro. The landlord denied the complainant, decided that her rights under the Fair Housing Practices Act (G.L. 1956, chap. 37 of title 34) had been violated, and issued a cease and desist order. The landlord appealed, and the Superior Court...

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