Louisiana Acorn Fair Housing Gene Lewis, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. Danny Leblanc, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Danny LeBlanc appeals a jury’s award of punitive damages to Gene Lewis, compensatory damages to Louisiana ACORN Fair Housing, Inc. (the “Appellees”), and the district court’s award of attorney’s fees to Appellees. The Appellees also appeal the district court’s attorney’s fees award. We reverse and vacate the jury’s punitive damage award to Lewis, its compensatory damage award to ACORN, and the district court’s attorney’s fees award. We affirm all other issues.

I. BACKGROUND

Gene Lewis (“Lewis”), who is black, called Danny LeBlanc (“LeBlanc”) on January 2, 1996, in response…