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HONORABLE v. EASY LIFE REAL ESTATE SYSTEM

No. 97 C 6009.

100 F.Supp.2d 885 (2000)

Ruby HONORABLE, Mack Williams, Shirley Rollins, Stekeen Rollins, Norris Boston, Martha Boston, Donald Brown, Sonya Brown, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, South Austin Coalition Community Council, Marilyn Williams, Plaintiffs, v. EASY LIFE REAL ESTATE SYSTEM, Ace Realtors, Inc., Richard F. Nelon, and Louis Prus, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

June 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina E. Vinik, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., Chicago, IL, Thomas F. Geselbracht, Jill Anne Glickstein, Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Victor F. Ciardelli, Ciardelli & Cummings, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

This case poses, most centrally, the question of what is required to make out an "exploitation" theory of liability for racial discrimination in the sale of real estate. The plaintiffs here are African-Americans who sought to buy rehabbed homes offered for sale by the defendants in or near the predominantly black Austin area on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. They claim that the defendants'...

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