MOORE v. TOWNSEND

No. 77-1018.

577 F.2d 424 (1978)

Stanley MOORE and Judith Moore, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mary Ryan TOWNSEND and Jane Melnick, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Willis Caruso, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank O. Wetmore, II, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before TONE and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.


TONE, Circuit Judge.

We are called upon to review the District Court's award of damages under a supersedeas bond in a fair housing case. Plaintiffs complain that the award was inadequate in certain respects. We modify it in part.

This action began in April 1974 when Stanley and Judith Moore, black citizens of the United States, filed a complaint based on 42 U.S.C. §§ 1982 and 3604 alleging that they had entered into an agreement to buy a house owned...

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