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U.S. v. Chevy Chase Federal Savings Bank

1:94-cv-01829 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 1994

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 1999

The Department of Justice filed suit on August 22, 1994, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691-1691f. The DOJ alleged that the Defendant, the largest private lending institution in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, had expanded its business operations in recent years to accommodate growth in predominantly white areas while intentionally avoid[ing] the s…
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Cooley v. Sterling Bank

2:02-cv-01069 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

On September 17, 2002, plaintiff, a 66-year-old African-American, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1981; the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. § 1691; and the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. Plaintiff, a residential real estate landlord, alleged that the defendant-bank wrongfully denied him an unsecured line of credit on the basis of plaintiff's race. Plaintiff sought money damages and was …
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Church of Zion Christian Center v. Southtrust Bank

1:96-cv-00922 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 1996

Closed Date: 1997

On September 20, 1996, the Church of Zion Christian Center, Inc., and several of its leaders, filed a lawsuit under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. §1691, against the Southtrust Bank of Alabama, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The plaintiffs, represent by private counsel, sought compensatory and punitive damages, alleging violations of their rights by the defendant's denial of their loan application. Plaintiffs, who were African-Ameri…
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United States v. Long Beach Mortgage Company

2:96-cv-06159 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 1996

Closed Date: 1999

On September 5, 1996, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3619 (Fair Housing Act) and 15 U.S.C. § 1691 (Equal Credit Opportunity Act) against the Long Beach Mortgage Company in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The Department of Justice sought declaratory and injunctive relief and monetary damages on behalf of African-Americans, Latinos, women, and persons over 55 who had allegedly been victims of the defendant's discrimi…
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Sallion v. Suntrust Banks, Inc.

1:96-cv-01500 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 17, 1996

Closed Date: March 1, 2000

Plaintiff filed suit on June 17, 1996, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleging violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. 1691, and federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982. Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant-lender rejected plaintiff's loan application because of her race and her status as a single woman. U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story granted Defendants motion for summary judgment on March 1, 2000, after finding …
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United States v. Decatur Federal Savings & Loan Association

1:92-cv-02198 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 1992

Closed Date: March 3, 1999

The Department of Justice filed both its complaint and consent decree against the Defendant-lender in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on March 17, 1992. The DOJ alleged that Decatur Federal S&L had violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691(a)(1), by intentionally avoiding non-white neighborhoods in Atlanta when expanding its business in the years since fair housing and lending statutes were enacted…
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Dumas v. Sentinel Mortg. Corp.

1:02-cv-05255 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 24, 2002

Closed Date: Nov. 26, 2003

Plaintiff filed suit on July 24, 2002, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant advertised loans to help pay tax liability, but that when Plaintiff contacted Defendant she was told that she could only obtain a loan for home improvements. On November 26, 2003, U.S. District Court Judge Robert W. Gettleman granted the Def…
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A.B. & S. Auto Serv. v. South Shore Bank

1:95-cv-05826 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 1995

Closed Date: March 24, 1997

Plaintiffs, an auto repair shop and its owner, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that the Defendant-lender's practice of requiring loan applicants to disclose their criminal histories violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. 1691, and a federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. 1981, because this practice had a disproportionate impact on African-American men. Defendant-lender had denied plaintiffs' application for a $230,000 l…
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Saldana v. Citibank

1:93-cv-04164 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 12, 1993

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 1996

Plaintiff-loan applicant sued Defendant-bank on July 12, 1993, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3605, and the Equal Opportunity Credit Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691(a)(1). When Plaintiff applied for a loan with Defendant, one of Defendant's agents commented that the neighborhood in which Plaintiff lived had declined in recent years; the Defendant subsequently denied Plaintiff's loan application, purportedly because of…
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Milton v. Bancplus Mortgage Corporation

1:96-cv-00106 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 5, 1996

Closed Date: June 10, 1996

Plaintiff-loan applicant filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern Illinois on January 5, 1996, alleging that the Defendant-lender had violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. 1691; the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. 3601-19; federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982; and the Illinois Fairness in Lending Act, 815 Ill. Comp. Stat. 120/1. The Plaintiff, an African-American man living in a predominantly African-American neighborhood, had app…