FORT v. WHITE

No. 388, Docket 75-7407.

530 F.2d 1113 (1976)

Luddie FORT and James Bookwalter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert C. WHITE d/b/a Robert C. White Co. Realtors, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Cochran, Hartford, Conn. (Schweitzer & Mayor, Bruce C. Mayor, Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Arnold E. Buchman, Hartford, Conn., for defendant-appellee.

J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Peter C. Dorsey, U.S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., Brian K. Landsberg, Walter W. Barnett, Neal J. Tonken, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S.

Before FEINBERG, MULLIGAN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:

This action was initially brought as a class action in June 1974 in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut by plaintiffs Luddie Fort, a black woman, and James Bookwalter, a white male, against Robert C. White, doing business as Robert C. White Co. (White) under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.), and the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (42 U.S.C. § 1982). The plaintiffs complained...

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