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UNITED STATES v. RENT-A-HOMES SYSTEMS OF ILLINOIS

No. 79-1100.

602 F.2d 795 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RENT-A-HOMES SYSTEMS OF ILLINOIS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter W. Barnett, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack A. Strellis, Koebel, Strellis & Merkel, Waterloo, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SPRECHER, Circuit Judge, GEWIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and TONE, Circuit Judge.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The issue is whether a district court, in a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 3613 by the Attorney General to enforce the Fair Housing Act, may award compensatory monetary damages for the victims of illegal discrimination.

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The United States, by the Attorney General, brought this action to enjoin racially discriminatory housing practices prohibited by Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. § 3601-&...

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