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Meyer v. Holley

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Meyer v. Holley
Argued December 3, 2002
Decided January 22, 2003
Full case nameMeyer v. Holley et al.
Citations537 U.S. 280 (more)
123 S. Ct. 824; 154 L. Ed. 2d 753
Case history
PriorHolley v. Crank, 258 F.3d 1127 (9th Cir. 2001); cert. granted, 535 U.S. 1077 (2002).
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
MajorityBreyer, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3604(b); 42 U.S.C. § 3605(a))

Meyer v. Holley, 537 U.S. 280 (2003), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Fair Housing Act imposes strict liability on residential real estate corporations for racial discrimination, but the officers and owners of the corporation generally will not be held vicariously liable for offenses committed by the corporation's employees of agents.[1] In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Stephen Breyer, the Court held that the Fair Housing Act "imposes liability without fault upon the employer in accordance with traditional agency principles, i. e., it normally imposes vicarious liability upon the corporation but not upon its officers or owners."[2]

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  1. ^ Meyer v. Holley, 537 U.S. 280, 282 (2003).
  2. ^ Meyer, 537 U.S. at 282.
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