WALNUT CREEK MANOR v. FAIR EMPLOYMENT & HOUSING COM.

Docket No. S015131.

54 Cal.3d 245 (1991)

814 P.2d 704

284 Cal. Rptr. 718

WALNUT CREEK MANOR et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Capps, Staples, Ward, Hastings & Dodson, William H. Staples and Marsha L. Stephenson for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Marian M. Johnston and M. Anne Jennings, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

PANELLI, J.

Pursuant to section 12987 of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.) (the act), the Fair Employment and Housing Commission (the commission) is authorized to order a respondent who is found to have violated the housing provisions of the act to pay "punitive damages in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) ... and the payment of actual damages." (Gov. Code...

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