Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc

Decision Date01 October 1967
Docket NumberNo. 1188,1188
Citation88 S.Ct. 2279,20 L.Ed.2d 1346,392 U.S. 657
PartiesPaul E. SULLIVAN et al. v. LITTLE HUNTING PARK, INC., et al
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Allison W. Brown, Jr., Robert M. Alexander, Jack Greenberg and James M. Nabrit III, for petitioners.

John Chas. Harris, for respondents.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment is vacated. The case is remanded to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia for further consideration in light of Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409, 88 S.Ct. 2186, 20 L.Ed.2d 1189.

Mr. Justice HARLAN and Mr. Justice WHITE dissent for the reasons stated in Mr. Justice Harlan's dissenting opinion in Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409, 449, 88 S.Ct. 2186, 2208, 20 L.Ed.2d 1189.

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    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of Ohio
    • October 10, 1968
    ...subject matter is, therefore, within 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Cf. Machinist v. Gonzales, 356 U.S. 617 (1958); Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, 392 U.S. 657, 88 S.Ct. 2279, 20 L.Ed.2d 1346 (1968). 4. At least since Jones v. Mayer, a strictly private right, be it in the property field as such, or th......
  • Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc
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    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • December 15, 1969
    ...Appeals for further consideration in light of Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409, 88 S.Ct. 2186, 20 L.Ed.2d 1189. 392 U.S 657, 88 S.Ct. 2279, 20 L.Ed.2d 1346. On the remand, the Supreme Court of Appeals restated its prior position stating, 'We had no jurisdiction in the cases when t......
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    • U.S. Supreme Court
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