Plaintiffs, prospective tenants, sought to rent a trailer from Defendant-landlords. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants refused to rent to Plaintiffs because of the Plaintiffs' ethnicity, and filed suit under federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982, and the Fair Housing Act (FHA), ...
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Plaintiffs, prospective tenants, sought to rent a trailer from Defendant-landlords. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants refused to rent to Plaintiffs because of the Plaintiffs' ethnicity, and filed suit under federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982, and the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3619, seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions, compensatory and punitive damages, attorneys' fees, and costs against Defendant-landlords.
After a bench trial, U.S. District Court Judge Weber ruled in favor of the Plaintiffs on September 8, 1987, finding that the Plaintiffs had established a case of ethnic discrimination by a preponderance of the evidence and that the Defendant's explanation was pretextual. Pollitt v. Bramel, 669 F. Supp. 172 (S.D. Ohio 1987). Judge Weber awarded the Plaintiffs preliminary and permanent injunctions, $25,000 in compensatory damages, and $25,000 in punitive damages. Judge Weber denied the Plaintiffs' motion for attorneys' fees.
Andrew Nash - 06/02/2008
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