HARRIS v. CAPITAL GROWTH INVESTORS XIV

Docket No. S011367.

52 Cal.3d 1142 (1991)

805 P.2d 873

278 Cal. Rptr. 614

TAMELA HARRIS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CAPITAL GROWTH INVESTORS XIV et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

February 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carolyn Burton, Gary F. Smith, Carole F. Grossman, Richard A. Rothschild, Sandra D. Jones and Manuel A. Romero for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Marian M. Johnston, Deputy Attorney General, Michael Rawson and James B. Morales as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Miller, Starr & Regalia, Edmund L. Regalia, Gary E. Rosenberg, Kimberly A. Davis, John G. Sprankling and Harry D. Miller for Defendants and Respondents.

Donna May Campbell, Morrison & Foerster, Barry A. Abbott, Douglas L. Hendricks and Patrick A. Broderick as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Introduction and Summary of Decision

We consider in this case two issues involving interpretation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Civ. Code, §§ 51, 52; hereafter the Unruh Act or the Act; all statutory references are to the Civil Code unless otherwise indicated): (1) does the Act proscribe, as economic discrimination, a landlord's requirement that prospective tenants have gross...

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