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Case Name
Cartwright v. American Savings & Loan Association
FH-IN-0003
Docket / Court
88-1593 ( N.D. Ind. )
State/Territory
Indiana
Case Type(s)
Fair Housing/Lending/Insurance
Case Summary
Plaintiffs, a minority loan applicant and a fair housing non-profit, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, alleging that Defendant-lender violated the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S. 3601-3619, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691, and federal civil ...
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Plaintiffs, a minority loan applicant and a fair housing non-profit, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, alleging that Defendant-lender violated the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S. 3601-3619, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691, and federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, by discriminating against Plaintiff-loan applicant on the basis of her race. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Mills granted the Defendants' motion to dismiss after finding that the Defendant-lender had not rejected Plaintiff's loan application but had merely failed to act on it after two years, and that Plaintiff had failed to make out a prima facie case for redlining because Plaintiff had not alleged that the Defendant-lender had treated similarly situated white loan applicants in a different manner. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the District Court's rulings on July 14, 1989. Cartwright v. American Sav. & Loan Assoc., 880 F.2d 912 (7th Cir. 1989).
Andrew Nash - 06/02/2008
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Discrimination-area
Lending
Discrimination-basis
Race discrimination
General
Funding
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Race
Black
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. § 1981
42 U.S.C. § 1982
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. § 1691
Fair Housing Act/Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq.
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
American Savings & Loan Association
Plaintiff Description
Mortgage applicant and open housing center were refused approval of application by lender, allegedly because of applicant's race and sex.
Class action status sought
No
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer
No
Nature of Relief
None
Source of Relief
None
Filed
1988
Case Closing Year
1989
Case Ongoing
No
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Docket(s)
No docket sheet currently in the collection
General Documents
U.S. Court of Appeals
07/14/1989
[Opinion]
(880 F.2d 912)
FH-IN-0003-0001.pdf
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Judges
Coffey, John Louis
(Seventh Circuit)
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Cudahy, Richard Dickson
(Seventh Circuit)
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Easterbrook, Frank Hoover
(Seventh Circuit)
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Plaintiff's Lawyers
Jarrett, Jerry T.
(Indiana)
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Defendant's Lawyers
Abrahamson, Harold
(Indiana)
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Dvorscak, Mark
(Indiana)
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