Legal Opinion
Wetzel v. Glen St. Andrew Living Cmty., LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 2018No. 17-1322PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, Chief Judge.
Within months of her arrival at Glen St. Andrew Living Community ("St. Andrew"), Marsha Wetzel faced a torrent of physical and verbal abuse from other residents because she is openly lesbian. Time and again, she implored St. Andrew's staff to help her. The staff's response was to limit her use of facilities and build a case for her eviction.
Wetzel sued St. Andrew, alleging that it failed to provide her with non-discriminatory housing and that it retaliated against her because of her complaints, each in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA or Act), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 - 3619.…
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