DEP'T OF CIVIL RIGHTS v. BEZNOS

Docket No. 71737, (Calendar No. 5).

421 Mich. 110 (1984)

365 N.W.2d 82

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS v. BEZNOS CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 28, 1984.

Released January 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Felix E. League and Howard E. Goldberg, Assistant Attorneys General, for the plaintiff.

Evans & Luptak (by Gordon S. Gold) for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Edward M. Wise for American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan.

Irvin H. Yackness for Apartment Owners Association of Michigan.

John A. Obee for Fair Housing Center.

Victoria C. Heldman and Corrie Cook King for Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.


BOYLE, J.

This action arises under the Michigan civil rights act, MCL 37.2101 et seq.; MSA 3.548(101) et seq., and focuses upon the policies and practices of the private owners of an apartment complex as they relate to and affect the civil rights of families with children. The issue we must resolve in this appeal is whether the owner of a multi-building apartment complex may lawfully restrict families with children to certain designated areas.

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