ALLEN v. GIFFORD

Civ. A. No. 497-71-N.

368 F.Supp. 317 (1973)

Jesse L. ALLEN and Constance G. Allen, Plaintiffs, v. Lee A. GIFFORD and Charles R. Samuels, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

May 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley E. Sacks, Sacks, Sacks & Tavss, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiffs.

Norris E. Halpern, Norfolk, Va., for defendant Lee A. Gifford.

Gordon E. Campbell, Campbell, Lustig & Hancock, Norfolk, Va., for defendant Charles R. Samuels.


OPINION AND ORDER

MacKENZIE, District Judge.

Charging discrimination and denial to them of their civil rights guaranteed under the Constitution and Statutory Laws of the United States (42 U.S.C. § 1982), plaintiffs here sue defendants for compensatory and punitive damages alleging that defendants refused to sell real property to plaintiffs because plaintiffs are Negroes.

FINDINGS OF FACT

(1) Plaintiffs, Dr. Jesse L. Allen and Constance...

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