CITY OF CHICAGO v. MATCHMAKER REAL ESTATE SALES CENTER

Nos. 91-2491, 91-3861.

982 F.2d 1086 (1992)

CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, a not-for-profit Illinois corporation, Glenn Brewer, Karen Haskins-Brewer, Victor Crown, Melvin Dillard, Queen Frazier, Sandi Gaffen, William McCarthy, and Sharon Swan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MATCHMAKER REAL ESTATE SALES CENTER, INCORPORATED, an Illinois corporation, Daniel King, Sara Munoz, Carol Scarpiniti, Alan M. Walker, and Erwin Ernst, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1992.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1993.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Stein, Corp. Counsel, Elizabeth Sklarsky, Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago in No. 91-3861.

James R. Beyer, Jeffrey K. Ross (argued), Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellees in No. 91-3861.

John L. Gubbins (argued), Monfort, WI, for defendants-appellants.

John P. Relman, Paul M. Smith, Joel I. Klein, Klein, Farr, Smith & Taranto, DC, for National Fair Housing Alliance, amicus curiae.

Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Benna R. Solomon, Mardell Nereim (argued), Kelly R. Welsh, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., for City of Chicago, in No. 91-2491.

James R. Beyer, Jeffrey K. Ross (argued), Brenda A. Russell, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs-appellees in No. 91-2491.

Laurene K. Janik (argued), Joshua J. Nathan, National Ass'n of Realtors, Chicago, IL, Robert D. Butters, Cichocki & Armstrong, Oak Park, IL, for Illinois Ass'n of Realtors, National Ass'n of Realtors and Chicago Bd. of Realtors, amicus curiae.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, FLAUM, Circuit Judge, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 25, 1993.

BAUER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, consisting of the City of Chicago (the "City"), the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities (the "Leadership Council"), and individual "testers," sued Matchmaker Real Estate Sales Center, Inc. ("Matchmaker"), its sole shareholder Erwin Ernst, and its sales agents, Daniel King, Sara Munoz, Carol Scarpiniti, and Alan...

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