LEE v. SOUTHERN HOME SITES CORP.

No. 30738.

444 F.2d 143 (1971)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Banks, Jr., Reuben V. Anderson, Jackson, Miss., Jeffry A. Mintz, Jack Greenberg, R. Sylvia Drew, New York City, William Bennett Turner, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

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

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM, and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This case raises the question whether attorney's fees should be awarded to successful plaintiffs who charged that the defendant violated 42 U.S.C. § 1982 by refusing to sell lots to Negroes on the same terms the defendant sold lots to whites. We hold for the plaintiffs-appellants and remand the case.

June 17, 1968, the Supreme Court decided Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409, 88 S.Ct. 2186...

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