NORTH CAROLINA HUM. REL. v. WEAVER REALTY CO.

No. 8510SC951.

340 S.E.2d 766 (1986)

NORTH CAROLINA HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL, on Behalf of Patty P. LEACH v. WEAVER REALTY COMPANY/d.b.a Wakefield Apartments, Alvin R. Butler, President Lee Anne Watson, Agent/Property Manager and Apex Housing Partnership.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

North Carolina Human Relations Council by Daniel D. Addison, and Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Douglas A. Johnston, Raleigh, for plaintiff, appellant.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard by M. Daniel McGinn and Mack Sperling, Greensboro, and Young, Moore, Henderson & Alvis, P.A. by William M. Trott, Raleigh, for defendants, appellees.


HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

This is the first case brought under the North Carolina State Fair Housing Act to reach the Appellate Division of the North Carolina General Court of Justice. Our Legislature modeled the key provisions of the State Fair Housing Act after provisions of the federal Fair Housing Act. Compare N.C.G.S. 41A-4 with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3604. In light of the similarity between the two acts, the body of federal cases interpreting the federal Fair Housing Act...

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