United States v. Knippers and Day Real Estate, Inc.

Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C.A. § 3601 et seq., to provide for fair housing throughout the United States, was signed into law on April 11, 1968. As of that date the Title applied, inter alia, to “dwellings provided in whole or in part with the aid of loans, advances, grants, or contributions made by the Federal Government, under agreements entered into after November 20, 1962, unless payment due thereon has been made in full prior to April 11, 1968”.

In the latter part of May, 1968, Paul J. Brown, a Negro, was unsuccessful for racial reasons, in his efforts to purchase…