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JORDAN v. DELLWAY VILLA OF TENN., LTD.

No. 80-5409.

661 F.2d 588 (1981)

Charlie Mai JORDAN, and Vanessa R. Bush, Individually and on Behalf of all Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DELLWAY VILLA OF TENN., LTD., L. H. Hardaway, Jr., L. H. Hardaway, Sr., Imperial Mgt. Co., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Greene, William Henry West, Legal Services of Nashville, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William L. Small, Bone & Woods, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and WEICK and KEITH, Circuit Judges.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs filed this class action in district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 2000d, 3604 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 et seq. They alleged that the owners and managers of the Dellway Villa Apartments in Nashville, Tennessee selected their tenants in a racially discriminatory manner. The district court found the defendants "guilty of racial discrimination" under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1982 and 3604.

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