...is a matter of public concern has already been made clear by Congress, which declared by statute — All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and 'erritory, as Is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sll, hold,...

...ch. 114, § 16, 16 Stat. 144. RS 1978 42 U.8.C. 1082 Property rights of citizens All cttteens of the United States shall have the same right, In every...citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, an 1 convey real and personal property. (RS § 1978.) Derivation.— Act Apr. 9, 1866, ch. 31, § 1,...

...taxes, licenses, and exactions of very kind, and to no other. 42 (8 US Code) PROPERTY RIGHTS OF CITIZENS All citizens of the United States shall have the same...citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, i old, and convey real and personal property. 56 (8 US Code) PEONAGE ABOLISHED The holding of any person...

...Congress of April 1), 1866 (14 Stat. at L. 27, chap. 31, Conip. Stat. 1016, § 3931), providing that "purchase" real a'nd personal property. Constitutional law — police power — colored person's right...

...jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right... to make and enforce contracts. . . . 1982. All citizens of the United States shall have the same...thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property. In Jones v. Mayer the Court considered only Section 1982, which...

...born in the United States" and therefore as "such citizens of every race and color" entitled to "the same right in every State and Territory ... as is enjoyed by white citizens." This last phrase does not affect the composition of the benefitted group, for it relates only to the...

...section 1982 of the United States Code, Congress declared in apparently unequivocal language that: "All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every Slate and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold...

...restrictive covenant. The case was based in part on Section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which provides: All citizens of the United States shall...thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property. '. 42 USC | 1982 (RS { 1978). The Court, following earlier decisions,...

...Dafis (1976), p. 242. 26. City of Memphis v.Greene, 451 US 100,123, 126-27(1981). 27. 42 USC § 1982. (All citizens of the United States shall have the...thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property.) 28. Palmfr v. Thompson, 403 US 217, 224 (1971). 29. Cify of Mobile...

...restrictive covenant. The case was based in part on Section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1666, which provides: All citizens of the United States shall...right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed bywhite citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property....