SANDERS v. DOBBS HOUSES, INC.

No. 29029.

431 F.2d 1097 (1970)

Mrs. Fannie M. SANDERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DOBBS HOUSES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied and Rehearing Denied October 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isabel Gates Webster, Howard Moore, Jr., Peter E. Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard A. Brackhahn, Memphis, Tenn., Robert B. McCord, Jr., Hapeville, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 26, 1970.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

In 1968, the Supreme Court resurrected § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 [now 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981 and 1982 (1970)] and held the portion of the original act which now appears as 42 U. S.C.A. § 1982 barred racial discrimination by private individuals in the sale or rental of property.1 The quickening of this statutory Lazarus...

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