Halet v. Wend Investment Co.

672 F.2d 1305 Sander Michael HALET, by his father, next of friend and guardian ad litem Robert Michael Halet, Robert Michael Halet, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, and the Children Project, a Church of Life Program, an unincorporated non-profit organization, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WEND INVESTMENT CO., et al., Los Angeles County, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 80-5329, 80-5556. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1981. Decided Jan. 25, 1982. As Amended March 26, 1982. Marshall A. Lerner, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Mary F. Wawro, Bruce Warner, Schwartz, Alschuler & Grossman, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before CHOY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and KEEP, * District Judge. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 Robert Halet applied for an apartment in a complex owned by the Wend Investment Company in Marina del Rey. His application was denied because Wend had an adults-only rental policy and Halet had a child in his household. Halet brought this suit against Wend and Los Angeles County, which leases the…