WANG v. LAKE MAXINHALL ESTATES, INC.

No. 75-1375.

531 F.2d 832 (1976)

David Y. H. WANG and Lillian Y. Wang, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LAKE MAXINHALL ESTATES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris L. Klapper, Ronald G. Isaac, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles L. Whistler, Arthur H. Northrup, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before STEVENS, Circuit Justice, TONE, Circuit Judge, and KUNZIG, Judge.


STEVENS, Circuit Justice.

Plaintiffs claim that they were denied the opportunity to purchase a vacant lot in an all white development because they are not Caucasians. They submitted a written offer for the full asking price of $18,000. Defendants neither accepted nor rejected the offer before it expired, but decided thereafter that plaintiffs were not acceptable purchasers and so notified them. Without considering whether plaintiffs' race was a factor in defendants...

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