Fair Housing Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 3504 and H.R. 7787U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 717 pages |
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Page 419 - Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice...
Page 17 - At the same time there are matters, involving public rights, which may be presented in such form that the judicial power is capable of acting on them, and which are susceptible of judicial determination, but which congress may or may not bring within the cognizance of the courts of the United States, as it may deem proper.
Page 43 - It is the policy of the United States to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.
Page 415 - That no natural person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. SEC. 10. That any person who shall neglect or refuse to attend and testify, or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce documentary evidence, if in his power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful requirement of the commission...
Page 422 - If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Page 83 - ... the realization as soon as feasible of the goal of a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family...
Page 416 - General), (2) setting forth facts pertaining to such pattern or practice, and (3) requesting such relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order against the person or persons responsible for such pattern or practice, as he deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of the rights herein described.
Page 415 - A complaint under subsection (a) shall be filed within one hundred and eighty days after the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurred. Complaints shall be in writing and shall state the facts upon which the allegations of a discriminatory housing practice are based.
Page 415 - Any person who shall willfully make, or cause to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made under this act...
Page 18 - The present case does not fall within the categories just described but is one of private right, that is, of the liability of one individual to another under the law as defined.