LEE v. SOUTHERN HOME SITES CORPORATION

No. 28167.

429 F.2d 290 (1970)

Johnnie Ray LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN HOME SITES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Banks, Jr., Reuben V. Anderson, Jackson, Miss., Jack Greenberg, Michael Davidson, William Bennett Turner, Norman C. Amaker, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

George E. Morse, White & Morse, Eldon Bolton, Jr., Gulfport, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

A Negro citizen, Johnnie Ray Lee, sued for and obtained injunctive enforcement of his right to buy a certain residential lot which theretofore had been denied him solely because of his race. Contending, however, that the remedies prescribed by the Court below were not sufficiently extensive he has appealed. We affirm and remand.

The action was brought pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment and 42 U.S. C.A. §§ 1981, 1982

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