CLARK v. UNIVERSAL BUILDERS, INC.

Nos. 82-1770, 82-1859.

706 F.2d 204 (1983)

Sidney and Julia CLARK, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. UNIVERSAL BUILDERS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol R. Thigpen, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants and cross-appellees.

John F. McClure, Michael Turoff, Armstein, Gluck & Lehr, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees and cross-appellants.

Before CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from a class action suit, originally filed in January of 1969, which alleged that defendants had violated plaintiffs' rights under section 1982 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (1976). After a bench trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, District Judge Nicholas J. Bua concluded that the plaintiffs had failed to establish a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1982 and...

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