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STEARNS v. FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE COM.

Docket No. L.A. 29891.

6 Cal.3d 205 (1971)

490 P.2d 1155

98 Cal. Rptr. 467

VAL STEARNS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE COMMISSION, Defendant and Respondent; ERNEST COOPER, Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hecker & Kenealy and Ronald A. Hecker for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, Robert H. O'Brien and Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

When Ernest Cooper, a Negro, sought to rent an apartment from Val Stearns, Stearns required Cooper to complete a credit application and submit to a credit investigation before the apartment could be rented. Three hours after Stearns dealt with Cooper, a Caucasian sought the same apartment. Stearns solicited an immediate deposit but required no credit check, offering the Caucasian occupancy as soon as the apartment...

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