Week 6 Flashcards
(111 cards)
Goals of anti-discrim laws
(1) expand housing opportunities
(2) prevent dignitary and emotional harm
(3) eliminate social message of inferiority/subordination
Anti-discrimination is a big ___
exception to the right to exclude
Private parties maintain the right to exclude because __
equal protection applies only to the government
Equity acts ___
in personam
Shelley holds that asking ___
court to enforce covenant via injunction is state action so violates the 14th
Well established that __ is state action
discrimination in jury selection
One problem with the Shelley covenant is that normally ____ BUT ___
unanimity required for covenants but not achieved, Missouri SC says not required
Merrill problem with Shelley
no limiting principle
Merrill says Shelley is troubling because we don’t want ___
all judicial enforcement of private rights to collapse into constitutional questions
Merrill says we think of courts as standing ready to enforce K and property rights without ___
regard to purpose/objective
____ is compromised if any form of state action subject to same constitutional limits as the govt
Individual autonomy in the common law
One limiting principle to Shelley was closed off by Burrow which was ___
injunction vs. damages
You could say Shelley covenant like zoning but ___
because not unanimous seems like a stretch and not used in later cases
If Shelley just limited to the facts then ___
have to explain why just to facts (Al v Gore)
Judicial non-enforcement is not enough to erase from the books ___
need leg and admin action
Merrill thinks one possible minimalist approach to Shelley is to say 14th should be ___
interpreted as disapproving of judicial inquiry into classifying persons by race (covenant requires Govt looking into race to decide whether to enforce or not)
Problem with Merrill minimalist approach
commits to color neutral regime
Merrill says currently only defensible position about Shelley is ___
judicial action is state action
What keeps Constitution from swallowing the CL?
interpretation of Constitution as narrower body of law`
What are things that are not state action
(1) self help
(2) covenants or voluntary agreements that don’t rely on govt action
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) only covers ___
residential
The FHA covers a dwelling ___
or portion thereof by one or more families
There is no exception for ____ under the FHA because ___
advertising, contains social messages
Plaintiffs under FHA need not show ____, ___ is enough
discriminatory intent, impact