CLARK v. UNIVERSAL BUILDERS, INC.

No. 72-1655.

501 F.2d 324 (1974)

Sidney CLARK and Julia Clark et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNIVERSAL BUILDERS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1974.

Certiorari Denied December 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald S. Samuels, Thomas J. Boodell, Jr., Thomas P. Sullivan, and John C. Tucker, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Burton Y. Weitzenfeld, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

William J. McNally, Chicago, Ill., for amicus curiae.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, SPRECHER, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


Certiorari Denied December 16, 1974. See 95 S.Ct. 657.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a grant of a directed verdict for defendants at the close of the plaintiffs' case in chief. Plaintiffs are a class of black citizens who purchased newly constructed houses in Chicago from defendants under land installment contracts during the period from 1958 to 1968. Defendants include the building contractor of the houses and the various land companies through...

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