HICKMAN v. FINCHER

No. 72-2481.

483 F.2d 855 (1973)

Leon HICKMAN, Appellant, v. Robert E. FINCHER et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Bishop, Isaac Joe, Jr., Greenville, S. C., Jack Greenberg, James Nabrit, III, Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, and Mitchell, Bishop & Joe, Greenville, S. C., on brief, for appellant.

William W. Wilkins, Jr., and Wilkins & Wilkins, Greenville, S. C., on brief, for appellees.

Before WINTER, FIELD and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Alleging that defendants' refusal to sell him a house constituted discrimination against him because of his race, plaintiff sued under 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 3604 and 3606 (Title VIII of the Fair Housing Act of 1968)1 and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1982.2 He sought declaratory and injunctive relief and money damages. Because suit was not filed until 224 days after the last act of discrimination...

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