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TOLLIVER v. AMICI

No. 85-2602.

800 F.2d 149 (1986)

Jade TOLLIVER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emil F. AMICI and Virginia Amici, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Enrico J. Mirabelli, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

F. Willis Caruso, Leadership Council, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Jade Tolliver sued the Amicis under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3604, and the Equal Opportunity in Housing provision, 42 U.S.C. § 1982, and obtained a bench judgment for their refusal to rent her an apartment because of her race. The court awarded Tolliver $5,000 in compensatory and $10,000 in punitive damages, along with attorneys fees of $7,898. The Amicis seek reversal of the punitive damages award and reversal or remittitur...

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