The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 19, 1991.
Decided October 20, 1992.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 7, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William H. Lynch, Angermeier & Rogers, Mark M. Leitner, James Hall, Jr., Charne, Clancy & Taitelman, Gretchen Miller, Milwaukee, Wis., Dennis Cortland-Hayes, Willie Abrams, N.A.A.C.P., Gen. Counsel, Baltimore, Md., Curry First, Legal Aide Soc. of Milwaukee, Litigation Director, Milwaukee, Wis., John A. Powell (argued), ACLU, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants N.A.A.C.P., Celestine Lindsey, Dorothy Listenbee, James Milner, Diane Pratt, Marvin Pratt, Simon Williams, Beverly Williams and Lois Woods, individually and as representatives of a class of all similarly situated persons.
Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., (argued), Richard M. Esenberg, Brian W. McGrath, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellee American Family Mut. Ins. Co.
Grant F. Langley, Rudolph M. Konrad, Office of City Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for amicus curiae City of Milwaukee.
John R. Dunne, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jessica Dunsay Silver, Linda F. Thome, Roger B. Clegg, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Paul F. Hancock (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Housing Section, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S.
Joseph R. Guerra, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Nat. Fair Housing Alliance.
Lawrence M. Cohen, Jeffrey S. Goldman, Michael A. Paull, Fox & Grove, Chicago, Ill., for amicus curiae Nat. Ass'n of Independent Insurers.
Before COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 7, 1992.
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
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