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SAMUEL v. BENEDICT

No. 76-2066.

573 F.2d 580 (1978)

Barbara Jean SAMUEL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Kent BENEDICT et al., Defendants and Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Amended March 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Willbrand, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff and appellant.

R. Kent Brewer, Walnut Creek, Cal., for defendants and appellees.

Before WRIGHT, CHOY and TANG, Circuit Judges.

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Samuel appeals the district court's denial of attorney's fees in her action for damages based on defendant's violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1886, 42 U.S.C. § 1982 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3631. We affirm.

Samuel alleged in the district court that defendant had refused to rent to her because she was black. The jury returned a verdict for her awarding compensatory damages of $2,000 and punitive...

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