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WADSWORTH v. CLINDON

Nos. 87-1687, 87-1694.

846 F.2d 265 (1988)

Joseph Emmett WADSWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eugene CLINDON, Defendant-Appellee. Joseph Emmett WADSWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene CLINDON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marianne Corr (Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Kerry A. Scanlon, Washington Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, William P. Robinson, Jr., William T. Mason, Jr., Robinson, Zaliski & Lindsay, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

John R. Lomax (Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine, P.A., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WILKINSON and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and MacKENZIE, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal the facts are largely undisputed. Defendant, Clindon, who is white, refused to rent his cottage to plaintiff, Wadsworth, who is black. Plaintiff brought this action under the Fair Housing Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601, et seq., and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982.

Prior to trial defendant admitted liability under the Fair Housing Act and...

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