Legal Opinion
Cabrera v. Jakabovitz
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 5, 1994No. Nos. 317, 318 and 510, Dockets 93-7261(L), 93-7371 and 93-7409PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
This appeal presents important issues concerning the framing of jury instructions in all types of discrimination cases. The appeal also presents specific issues concerning the circumstances under which landlords may be found liable for discrimination undertaken either directly by them or by real estate brokers acting as their agents. The issues arise on an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Arthur Spatt, Judge) entered after a jury verdict, awarding compensatory and punitive damages in a suit alleging racial…
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