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Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.

65-00301 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 1965

Closed Date: June 17, 1968

This case was one of the most important civil rights precedents of the 1960s. It began when the Plaintiffs, prospective African-American homebuyers, applied to purchase a property from Defendant-home developer, who rejected them solely on the basis of their race. Plaintiffs sued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri under 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, 1983, and 2000e, alleging that a race-based denial of a home purchase violated federal civil rights laws, especially the requi…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Kennedy v. City of Zanesville

2:03-cv-01047 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2003

Closed Date: April 2, 2009

On November 19, 2003, a group of Black residents of the City of Zanesville, in Muskingum County, Ohio, and the Fair Housing Advocates Association filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the city of Zanesville ("City"), Washington Township ("Township"), Washington Township Trustees, and Muskingum County Commissioners ("County"). The plaintiffs, represented by public interest attorneys, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action v. Township of Mount Holly

1:08-cv-02584 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 5, 2008

On May 5, 2008, an association of residents of a New Jersey neighborhood filled a lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The residents, represented by lawyers from South Jersey Legal Services, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming that the defendants' redevelopment plan for the Gardens neighborhood represented a violation of the Fair Housing Act and of the Equal Protection Clauses of…
PUBLIC HOUSING
NAACP, Boston Chapter v. Boston Housing Authority

1:88-cv-01155 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 14, 1988

This is a case about racially segregated public housing in Boston. On June 14, 1988, the Boston chapter of the NAACP filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiff sued the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), the mayor of Boston, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities and Development, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981-1983, 3604, 3608; and …
PUBLIC HOUSING
United States v. NYC Housing Authority, Davis v. NYC Housing Authority

1:90-cv-00628 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 1990

Closed Date: Dec. 24, 2002

These are two cases about housing segregation in New York City.On January 31, 1990, two black and Hispanic individuals residing in or eligible for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) housing ("the Davis plaintiffs") filed a class action lawsuit against the NYCHA under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981-83. Represented by the Legal Aid Society, the Davis plaintiffs alleged that, since 1983, the Housing Authority discriminat…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Mackey v. Nationwide Ins. Co

3:82-cv-00047 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 1982

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 1984

Plaintiff, a terminated insurance company employee, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, alleging that his termination was the result of redlining prohibited by the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1; federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982; the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619; and the North Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act, N.C.G.S. 75-1. U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Potter granted the Defendant-insurance company's motion to dismis…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Cartwright v. American Savings & Loan Association

2:82-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 1982

Closed Date: 1989

Plaintiffs, a minority loan applicant and a fair housing non-profit, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, alleging that Defendant-lender violated the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S. 3601-3619, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691, and federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, by discriminating against Plaintiff-loan applicant on the basis of her race. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Mills granted the Defendants' motion to dismiss after f…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Ricci v. Key Bancshares of Maine, Inc.

2:82-cv-00249 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 1982

Closed Date: June 17, 1987

Plaintiff, an Italian-American businessman whose business operations depended on a revolving line of credit with a bank, brought suit against Defendant-bank after the bank terminated his line of credit, allegedly because of the Plaintiff's national origin. The Defendant-bank then impleaded third-party Defendants, F.B.I. agents, who had allegedly made statements to the Defendant-bank about the Plaintiff's business activities that led the Defendant-bank to terminate the Plaintiff's line of credit…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Old West End Association. v. Buckeye Federal Savings & Loan

3:85-cv-07814 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 1985

Plaintiffs, white home-sellers, their real estate agent, and a community organization, brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio under federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, and 1985(3), and the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619. Plaintiffs sought both monetary damages and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs alleged that the two Defendant-lenders appraised the home-seller's home below its market value because of the racial composition of the neighborh…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Thomas v. First Federal Sav. Bank

2:84-00716 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 1984

Closed Date: Feb. 6, 1987

Plaintiffs, an African-American couple and a housing non-profit, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, alleging violations of the federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. 1982, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. 1691, and the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619. The individual plaintiffs had applied for a home equity loan from the Defendant-lender and, after being rejected for the loan, they alleged that the Defendant had based its de…