SPANN v. COLONIAL VILLAGE, INC.

Nos. 88-7257, 88-7260.

899 F.2d 24 (1990)

Girardeau A. SPANN, et al., Appellants, v. COLONIAL VILLAGE, INC., et al. Girardeau A. SPANN, et al., Appellants, v. Marvin J. GERSTIN, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Niki Kuckes, with whom William H. Jeffress, Jr., David G. Webbert, Washington, D.C., and Kerry Alan Scanlon were on the brief, for appellants.

Reuben B. Robertson, Washington, D.C., for appellees, Colonial Village, Inc. and Mobil Land Development Corp. in No. 88-7257.

Peter L. Sissman, Arlington, Va., for appellees, Marvin Gerstin Associates and Marvin Gerstin in No. 88-7257 and No. 88-7260.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and RUTH BADER GINSBURG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants seek to pursue claims that real estate advertisements placed by defendants-appellees featuring white models to the exclusion of black models violated the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-31. The district court held the claims time-barred. We reverse that determination...

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