U.S. v. WAGNER

Civil No. 3:94-CV-2540-H.

940 F.Supp. 972 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Edward and Nancy Pine, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. W.J. and Ann WAGNER, Mrs. Edward D.W. Hardin, Thomas E. and Doris H. Brents, Ray Troutman, and Vito and Sonia Ciraci, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

March 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Savers McGovern, Attorney at Law, U.S. Attorney's Office, Department of Justice, Dallas, TX, Brian F. Heffernan, Timothy J. Moran, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, Lars T. Waldorf, Attorney at Law, U.S. Department of Justice, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, Gavin C. Dowell, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, for plaintiff U.S.

David Ferleger, Philadelphia, PA, for intervenor-plaintiffs Edward Pine, Nancy Pine and movant LELSZ/LELSZ Class.

Donald Nicholas Acuff, Attorney at Law, Law Office of D. Nicholas Acuff, Fort Worth, TX, for defendants W.J. Wagner, Ann Wagner, Ray Troutman.

Rick K. Disney, Attorney at Law, Douglas Kressler & Wuester, Fort Worth, TX, for defendant Edward D.W. Hardin.

Jeffrey Jack Wolf, Attorney at Law, Amy Eileen Scallan, Attorney at Law, Jackson & Walker, Fort Worth, TX, for defendants Tom Griffin, Olga Griffin, Thomas E. Brents, Doris H. Brents.

Benjamin Allen Douglas, Attorney at Law, Rick K. Disney, Attorney at Law, Douglas Kressler & Wuester, Fort Worth, TX, for defendants Vito Ciraci, Sonia Ciraci.

Garth Anthony Corbett, Attorney at Law, Advocacy Inc., Austin, TX, for movant Advocacy Inc.

Donald Curtis Templin, Attorney at Law, Arnold Augur Spencer, Attorney at Law, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, Lawrence Andrew Gaydos, Attorney at Law, Haynes & Boone, Fort Worth, TX for movant Julie M. Ratliff.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SANDERS, Senior District Judge.

This case was tried before the Court, without a jury, on February 5 through 7, 1996, on the issue of liability only. Pursuant to the Court's Order of January 25, 1996, the case was bifurcated, with the damages issue to be tried, if necessary, at a later date.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff United States ("the Government") filed a Fair Housing Act lawsuit against certain...

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