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SEATON v. SKY REALTY COMPANY, INC.

No. 72-1230.

491 F.2d 634 (1974)

Jerome SEATON and Gladys Seaton, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SKY REALTY COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Liebenson, Dom J. Rizzi, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Robert G. Schwemm, Ronald S. Samuels, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees; F. Willis Caruso, Chicago, Ill. of counsel.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and FAIRCHILD and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

Mr. and Mrs. Seaton, who are black, were awarded compensatory and punitive damages against defendants Sky Realty Company, a real estate broker, Jerry Carr, its manager, and Art Potocki, one of its salesmen, for racially motivated refusal to negotiate for the sale of a dwelling in a predominantly white area of Chicago. They and the owner, Mrs. Schmidt, were found, after a bench trial, to have violated 42 U.S.C. §§ 1982

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