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RING v. FIRST INTERSTATE MORTG., INC.

No. 92-1019.

984 F.2d 924 (1993)

Bruce RING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST INTERSTATE MORTGAGE, INC.; Federal National Mortgage Association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark T. McClosky, Wood River, IL, argued, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas Blumeyer Weaver, St. Louis, MO, argued (Steven P. Sanders and Andrew B. Mayfield, on the brief), for Federal Nat. Mortg. Ass'n.

Samuel C. Ebling, St. Louis, MO, argued (James P. Bick, Jr., on the brief), for First Interstate Mortg.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this housing discrimination case is whether developer Bruce Ring's complaint states a claim under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-31. The district court granted defendant lenders' motions to dismiss because Ring failed to allege the elements of a prima facie case of discrimination. Because the prima facie case is an evidentiary rather than a pleading standard, we reverse.

I.

In March 1990, Ring...

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