WHITE v. PENCE

Nos. 90-2826, 90-2919.

961 F.2d 776 (1992)

Melvin WHITE, Appellant, v. B. Jeffery PENCE; Natalee Schay, Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. B. Jeffery PENCE; Natalee Schay, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P.A. Hollingsworth, Little Rock, Ark., argued, for appellant White; Louise A. Lerner, Washington, D.C., argued, for appellant U.S. (John R. Dunne and David K. Flynn, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellants.

James W. Moore, Little Rock, Ark., argued (William H. Sutton, on brief), for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Melvin White and the United States appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendants Jeffery Pence and Natalee Schay in this Fair Housing Act case. The district court denied White's and the government's motions which requested a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. White, an African American, had alleged that Pence and Schay refused to rent him a house because of his race...

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