MARABLE v. H. WALKER & ASSOCIATES

No. 79-2508.

644 F.2d 390 (1981)

Sylvester MARABLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. H. WALKER & ASSOCIATES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert R. Sexton, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before MORGAN, FAY and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judges.


FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:

Sylvester Marable brought this suit alleging that defendants Harold and Francis Walker refused to rent an available apartment to him because he is black, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 3604 et seq., and 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981, 1982. After defendants answered that their policy was to rent only to married couples and that Marable was denied tenancy because he applied as a single male, Marable...

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