Legal Opinion
Portee v. Hastava
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 14, 1994No. CV 90-1769PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
MISHLER, District Judge.
Paul, Donna, and Justin Portee sued Has-tava Real Estate, Henry M. Hastava and Benjamin Vajda 1 for violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982; Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. (the Fair Housing Act or FHA) (West 1977 & Supp.1994); and N.Y. Exec. Law § 296(5)(a)(l) (McKinney 1993). The case was tried to a jury from September 27 through September 30,1993. At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence, the defendants moved for judgment as a matter of law, challenging the plaintiffs’ prima facie case. The motion was…
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