Popular Name Statutized?:
N
Type:
Undefined
Date Enacted:
Thursday, April 11, 1968
Short Title:
NO short title
Classification:
42 USC 3603(b)(2)
PL:
90-284, title VIII, section 803(b)(2)
Statute At Large:
82 Stat 82
Named For?:
Mrs. Murphy was not a real person, but a hypothetical small boarding house owner, who would be exempted from the requirements of the Civil Rights Act. The hypothetical character was created by Republican Senator George Aiken of Vermont and the name caught on.
Link/Source:
James D. Walsh, Reaching Mrs. Murphy: A Call for Repeal of the Mrs. Murphy Exemption to the Fair Housing Act, 34 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 605 (1999) at n. 3.
Interesting Part Statutized?:
N
Notes:
name not statutized