Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank

Sept. 27, 2011

Many hundreds of people have come to this site looking for this case, in which Barack Obama was one of the plaintiffs' lawyers. Here's a summary. For more information on the case, click on its name, below. We've posted public versions of most of the most important documents.

Plaintiffs filed their class action lawsuit on July 6, 1994, alleging that Citibank had engaged in redlining practices in the Chicago metropolitan area in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. 1691; the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619; the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982. Plaintiffs alleged that the Defendant bank rejected loan applications of minority applicants while approving loan applications filed by white applicants with similar financial characteristics and credit histories. Plaintiffs sought injunctive relief, actual damages, and punitive damages.

The case was certified as a class action in 1995, and settled three years later. The settlement is posted.

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Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank, Northern District of Illinois (1994)