BRATCHER v. AKRON AREA BOARD OF REALTORS

No. 17113.

381 F.2d 723 (1967)

Mercer BRATCHER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The AKRON AREA BOARD OF REALTORS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

August 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Greenberg, New York City, James M. Nabrit, III, Leroy D. Clark, Sheila Rush, New York City, Jack G. Day, Cleveland, Ohio, Norman Purnell, Akron, Ohio, Jay Topkis, New York City, on brief, for appellants.

Sidney D. L. Jackson, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, Alexander H. Hadden, George Downing, John H. Burlingame, Baker, Hostetler & Patterson, Cleveland, Ohio, Ivan L. Smith, Akron, Ohio, on brief, for appellees, except First Nat. Bank of Akron and Herberich-Hall-Harter, Inc.

Frank H. Harvey, Jr., Akron, Ohio, Brouse, McDowell, May, Bierce & Wortman, C. Blake McDowell, Jr., Karl S. Hay, Akron, Ohio, on brief, for appellees First Nat. Bank of Akron and Herberich-Hall-Harter, Inc.

Stephen G. Breyer, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Donald F. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., on brief, for United States as amicus curiae.

Before PHILLIPS and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is a case of first impression, whereby appellants undertake to apply the antitrust laws to an alleged conspiracy by a board of realtors and others, which conspiracy allegedly prevents Negroes from owning or renting property in white neighborhoods. The district judge granted appellees' motion to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction.

The Department of Justice has intervened in this court as amicus...

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