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HODGE v. SEILER

No. 75-3439.

558 F.2d 284 (1977)

Kermit HODGE, and Mrs. Karen Hodge, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. Milton W. SEILER, d/b/a Milton W. Seiler & Associates, et al., Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, La., Stuart M. Nelkin, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross appellees.

Judith E. Wolf, Brian K. Landsberg, U. S. Dept. of Justice, App. Sect., Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Peter E. Duffy, Jerald L. Album, Metairie, La., for defendants-appellees-cross appellants.

Richard J. Ganucheau, New Orleans, La., for K. A. Fourroux.

Before MORGAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Kermit and Karen Hodge, husband and wife, black and white, were found to have been unlawfully denied an apartment rental because of Mr. Hodge's race. Although Mr. Hodge was awarded compensatory and punitive damages by the trial court, he appeals because he was denied attorney's fees and transportation costs from California incurred by him and his wife in order to attend the trial in Louisiana. Mrs. Hodge appeals because she was awarded no damages...

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